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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, right foreground, congratulates an Afghan man who beat him at arm wrestling at the Mehtar Lam hospital in Laghman province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2011. Fitzgerald is a medic assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, right foreground, congratulates an Afghan man who beat him at arm wrestling at the Mehtar Lam hospital in Laghman province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2011. Fitzgerald is a medic assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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