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A U.S. soldier with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment stands in the turret of his M1-A1 Abrams tanks before a mission in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2008.

MISSION IN MOSUL

A U.S. soldier with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment stands in the turret of his M1-A1 Abrams tanks before a mission in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2008.

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