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U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Tompkins, from Charlie Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, conducts a cordon and search in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, on Feb. 6, 2007.

U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Tompkins conducts a cordon and search.

U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Tompkins, from Charlie Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, conducts a cordon and search in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, on Feb. 6, 2007.

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