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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez, a platoon leader from Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, gives a bag with school supplies to an Iraqi girl in the village of Tubazawa, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 14, 2009.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez gives a bag with school supplies to an Iraqi girl.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez, a platoon leader from Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, gives a bag with school supplies to an Iraqi girl in the village of Tubazawa, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 14, 2009.

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