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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Barreda uses a metal detector during a route-clearing mission near Marja in Afghanistan's Helmand province on April 9, 2011. Barreda, a tank crewman, is assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Barreda uses a metal detector during a route-clearing mission.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Barreda uses a metal detector during a route-clearing mission near Marja in Afghanistan's Helmand province on April 9, 2011. Barreda, a tank crewman, is assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.

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