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U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Daigle, a paratrooper assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pulls security from a tree line during a patrol near Diyara, North Babil, Iraq, June 29, 2007.

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U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Daigle, a paratrooper assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pulls security from a tree line during a patrol near Diyara, North Babil, Iraq, June 29, 2007.

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