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U.S. Army Sgt. Kims Chon (right), team leader with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment out of Fort Lewis, Wash., and another soldier guard the entrance to a building during an operation in Qudas, Iraq, on Sept. 15, 2007.

Sgt. Kims Chon and another soldier guard the entrance to a building.

U.S. Army Sgt. Kims Chon (right), team leader with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment out of Fort Lewis, Wash., and another soldier guard the entrance to a building during an operation in Qudas, Iraq, on Sept. 15, 2007.

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