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Marines from the Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 duck for cover from flying stones as an AH-64 Apache helicopter lands near Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Afghanistan on Oct. 12, 2004.

Marines duck for cover from flying stones as an AH-64 Apache helicopter lands.

Marines from the Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 duck for cover from flying stones as an AH-64 Apache helicopter lands near Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Afghanistan on Oct. 12, 2004.

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