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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Justin Sharpe holds his 8-month-old son, Julian, after returning home to the Combat Center's Victory Field, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 8, 2009. Sharpe, the executive officer of Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar province for the last seven months.

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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Justin Sharpe holds his 8-month-old son, Julian, after returning home to the Combat Center's Victory Field, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 8, 2009. Sharpe, the executive officer of Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar province for the last seven months.

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