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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph Rodes, with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, breaks down a wall in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to open sectors of fire for a post on Jan. 21, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Rodes breaks down a wall in Sangin district.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph Rodes, with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, breaks down a wall in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to open sectors of fire for a post on Jan. 21, 2011.

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