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U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Wilson, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, fills a plate with barbecue at Camp Eggers' Independence Day celebration in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 4, 2008. Servicemembers participated in a myriad of traditional Fourth of July events including a basketball tournament, horseshoes and a pie-eating contest.

ENJOYING THE FOURTH

U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Wilson, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, fills a plate with barbecue at Camp Eggers' Independence Day celebration in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 4, 2008. Servicemembers participated in a myriad of traditional Fourth of July events including a basketball tournament, horseshoes and a pie-eating contest.

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