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U.S. Marines work at night to lay concrete as they reconstruct a damaged section of road during a route repair mission in the Tharthar region of Al Anbar, Iraq, on Aug. 16, 2007. The Marines are attached to the 8th Engineer Support Battalion.

U.S. Marines work at night to lay concrete.

U.S. Marines work at night to lay concrete as they reconstruct a damaged section of road during a route repair mission in the Tharthar region of Al Anbar, Iraq, on Aug. 16, 2007. The Marines are attached to the 8th Engineer Support Battalion.

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