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U.S. Army Spc. Jeffery L. Petta, with Bear Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, directs a driver to a safe spot on the road after a wrecker pulled a Stryker armored vehicle out of a ditch in Robat, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2010.

Spc. Jeffery L. Petta directs a driver to a safe spot on the road.

U.S. Army Spc. Jeffery L. Petta, with Bear Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, directs a driver to a safe spot on the road after a wrecker pulled a Stryker armored vehicle out of a ditch in Robat, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2010.

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