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U.S. Army soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment negotiate the terrain as they head toward their destination during Operation Eagle Claw II in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province on Dec. 10, 2010. Eleven insurgents were killed during the two-day operation.

U.S. Army soldiers negotiate the terrain as they head toward their destination.

U.S. Army soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment negotiate the terrain as they head toward their destination during Operation Eagle Claw II in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province on Dec. 10, 2010. Eleven insurgents were killed during the two-day operation.

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