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U.S. Army Pfc. Cheyme Miskulin pauses during a dismounted patrol to give an Iraqi child a ball outside of a school in Rashad, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2008. Miskulin is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

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U.S. Army Pfc. Cheyme Miskulin pauses during a dismounted patrol to give an Iraqi child a ball outside of a school in Rashad, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2008. Miskulin is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

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