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U.S. Army soldiers maneuver down a path while receiving heavy indirect fire and rocket-propelled grenade fire just on the outskirts of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, were in the area searching for a possible weapons cache when an improvised-explosive device was detonated.

SHULLA FIRE

U.S. Army soldiers maneuver down a path while receiving heavy indirect fire and rocket-propelled grenade fire just on the outskirts of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, were in the area searching for a possible weapons cache when an improvised-explosive device was detonated.

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