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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Scott Hardesty of the Camp Atterbury Public Affairs Office reads a book to children of East Side Elementary School in Edinburgh, Ind., Sept. 11, 2007. Soldiers were invited to participate in "Read with a Hero Day" to commemorate Sept. 11, 2001.

READ WITH A HERO

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Scott Hardesty of the Camp Atterbury Public Affairs Office reads a book to children of East Side Elementary School in Edinburgh, Ind., Sept. 11, 2007. Soldiers were invited to participate in "Read with a Hero Day" to commemorate Sept. 11, 2001.

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