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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chelsea Shields helps lower the flag during a Memorial Day retreat ceremony on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 25, 2015. Shields is assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.

LOWERING THE FLAG

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chelsea Shields helps lower the flag during a Memorial Day retreat ceremony on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 25, 2015. Shields is assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.

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