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U.S. Army Pfc. Steven Evans (left) and other soldiers patrol through a palm grove near Rashidiyah, Iraq, on Oct. 6, 2007. Evans is assigned as a machine gunner with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Pfc. Steven Evans and other soldiers patrol through a palm grove.

U.S. Army Pfc. Steven Evans (left) and other soldiers patrol through a palm grove near Rashidiyah, Iraq, on Oct. 6, 2007. Evans is assigned as a machine gunner with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

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