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National Guard Staff Sgt. Joel Dalton cradles his seven-week old daughter Camden before boarding a plane to deploy to Iraq from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Oct. 6, 2004. Dalton serves with the 105th Military Police Battalion, North Carolina National Guard.

Staff Sgt. Joel Dalton cradles his seven-week old daughter before boarding a plane.

National Guard Staff Sgt. Joel Dalton cradles his seven-week old daughter Camden before boarding a plane to deploy to Iraq from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Oct. 6, 2004. Dalton serves with the 105th Military Police Battalion, North Carolina National Guard.

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