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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Bess tells jokes with an Iraqi child during a joint dismounted presence patrol with Iraqi National Police at a market in Narhwan, Iraq, on Nov. 1, 2007. Bess is from Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

Sgt. 1st Class David Bess tells jokes with an Iraqi child.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Bess tells jokes with an Iraqi child during a joint dismounted presence patrol with Iraqi National Police at a market in Narhwan, Iraq, on Nov. 1, 2007. Bess is from Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

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