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Army Pfc. Douglas Dalton uses his optical sights to scan down the street during a joint neighborhood patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on May 2, 2006. Dalton is attached to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Army Pfc. Douglas Dalton uses his optical sights to scan down the street.

Army Pfc. Douglas Dalton uses his optical sights to scan down the street during a joint neighborhood patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on May 2, 2006. Dalton is attached to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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