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U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Abundiz, right, looks outside the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after completing Operation Cordon 2 on a flight from Samarra to Forward Operating Base Brassfield Mora, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. Abundiz and fellow soldiers are assigned to Headquarters, 2-327 Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

OPERATION CORDON 2

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Abundiz, right, looks outside the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after completing Operation Cordon 2 on a flight from Samarra to Forward Operating Base Brassfield Mora, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. Abundiz and fellow soldiers are assigned to Headquarters, 2-327 Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

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