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Children in Rawah, Iraq, greet Marines from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, as the Marines conduct a patrol through the city in their Light Armored Vehicles on Jan. 18, 2007.

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Children in Rawah, Iraq, greet Marines from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, as the Marines conduct a patrol through the city in their Light Armored Vehicles on Jan. 18, 2007.

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