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A U.S. Army gunner from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment surveys the streets during a neighborhood patrol in Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 25, 2007.

A U.S. Army gunner surveys the streets.

A U.S. Army gunner from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment surveys the streets during a neighborhood patrol in Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 25, 2007.

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