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Hot shot firefighting crew members, lower left, observe as an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter performs a water drop while fighting the East Peak fire near La Veta, Colo., June 21, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo.

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Hot shot firefighting crew members, lower left, observe as an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter performs a water drop while fighting the East Peak fire near La Veta, Colo., June 21, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo.

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