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Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, run to a Black Hawk helicopter after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, May 1, 2008.

BLACK HAWK RETRIEVAL

Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, run to a Black Hawk helicopter after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, May 1, 2008.

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