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U.S. Army soldiers help an Iraqi truck driver and his crew when the truck became pinned in a hairpin turn at an Iraqi Security Forces Checkpoint in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid district, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2009. Iraqi National Police asked U.S. soldiers for help. The soldiers, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, used their vehicles to remove the barrier, allowing the driver to inch through the bottleneck turn.

HAIRPIN HELP

U.S. Army soldiers help an Iraqi truck driver and his crew when the truck became pinned in a hairpin turn at an Iraqi Security Forces Checkpoint in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid district, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2009. Iraqi National Police asked U.S. soldiers for help. The soldiers, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, used their vehicles to remove the barrier, allowing the driver to inch through the bottleneck turn.

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