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Soldiers start a 24-hour relay run at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2007, to commemorate the day in 1965 when the 173rd Airborne Brigade lost 48 soldiers during Operation Hump in Vietnam.

COMMEMORATIVE RUN

Soldiers start a 24-hour relay run at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2007, to commemorate the day in 1965 when the 173rd Airborne Brigade lost 48 soldiers during Operation Hump in Vietnam.

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