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A young Iraqi boy smiles at U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Mattwig as he pumps up a new soccer ball. Mattwig, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division,1st Cavalry Regiment, was participating a medical civic mission in Al Bahda, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2008.

TIME TO PLAY BALL

A young Iraqi boy smiles at U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Mattwig as he pumps up a new soccer ball. Mattwig, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division,1st Cavalry Regiment, was participating a medical civic mission in Al Bahda, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2008.

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