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Iraqi children give U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Kowalik hugs as he pauses to say hello during a sensing patrol of the Iraqi Family Village, a neighborhood of displaced citizens in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2008. Kowalik is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

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Iraqi children give U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Kowalik hugs as he pauses to say hello during a sensing patrol of the Iraqi Family Village, a neighborhood of displaced citizens in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2008. Kowalik is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

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