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U.S. Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines load an Afghan boy onto a CH-47 Chinook medical helicopter after he received emergency medical treatment at the battalionís aid station in Sangin, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. The boy was seriously injured by an improvised explosive device and was transported to a medical treatment center for more extensive care.

U.S. Marines and sailors load an Afghan boy onto a CH-47 Chinook medical helicopter.

U.S. Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines load an Afghan boy onto a CH-47 Chinook medical helicopter after he received emergency medical treatment at the battalionís aid station in Sangin, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. The boy was seriously injured by an improvised explosive device and was transported to a medical treatment center for more extensive care.

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