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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Renee Duval shakes hands with a local Iraqi boy in the Al Amnal district in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2009. Duval, assigned to the 21st Military Police Company, was on a street patrol in Basra.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Renee Duval shakes hands with a local Iraqi boy in the Al Amnal district in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2009. Duval, assigned to the 21st Military Police Company, was on a street patrol in Basra.

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