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A U.S. Army soldier communicates with air cavalry crew members in a wheat field to find out a safe time to take injured soldiers to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, June 3, 2009. The injured soldiers were placed on helicopters after a second Black Hawk arrived.

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A U.S. Army soldier communicates with air cavalry crew members in a wheat field to find out a safe time to take injured soldiers to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, June 3, 2009. The injured soldiers were placed on helicopters after a second Black Hawk arrived.

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