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U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary McDaniel of the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, looks over a bombed-out car after a firefight with insurgents during Operation Starlit, July 6, 2006. The nine-day mission was conducted in the Salah-Ad-Din providence of Iraq.

Operation Starlit

U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary McDaniel of the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, looks over a bombed-out car after a firefight with insurgents during Operation Starlit, July 6, 2006. The nine-day mission was conducted in the Salah-Ad-Din providence of Iraq.

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