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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Darrel Salmon observes the landscape as he mans an M-240 machine gun in an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flying over Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 9, 2007. Salmon is assigned to Charlie Company, 227th Aviation Regiment.

Sgt. 1st Class Darrel Salmon observes the landscape.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Darrel Salmon observes the landscape as he mans an M-240 machine gun in an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flying over Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 9, 2007. Salmon is assigned to Charlie Company, 227th Aviation Regiment.

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