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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Chang plays a game of ping pong with local children during a combined patrol with the Iraqi army in the Shula district, Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2008. Chang, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 75th Cavalry.

PING PONG PATROLLER

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Chang plays a game of ping pong with local children during a combined patrol with the Iraqi army in the Shula district, Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2008. Chang, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 75th Cavalry.

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