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Pfc. Edward Crane,15th Infantry Regiment, pulls security as Blackhawk helicopters pick up his fellow soldiers in Sayafiyah, a small village southeast of Baghdad, following a nighttime air assault mission Nov. 25, 2007.

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Pfc. Edward Crane,15th Infantry Regiment, pulls security as Blackhawk helicopters pick up his fellow soldiers in Sayafiyah, a small village southeast of Baghdad, following a nighttime air assault mission Nov. 25, 2007.

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