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U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Smith secures a perimeter while his patrol leader talks to local Iraqi citizens during a patrol through the streets of Ameriah, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2006. Smith is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Smith secures a perimeter.

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Smith secures a perimeter while his patrol leader talks to local Iraqi citizens during a patrol through the streets of Ameriah, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2006. Smith is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

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