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U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment run to board a CH-47D Chinook helicopter after completing a mission near Bayi, Iraq, on June 6, 2006.

U.S. Army soldiers run to board a CH-47D Chinook helicopter.

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment run to board a CH-47D Chinook helicopter after completing a mission near Bayi, Iraq, on June 6, 2006.

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