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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Gerrity (right), a fire team leader with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks with children during a security patrol in Kuchiney Darvishan, Helmand province, Afghanistan, near a canal from which he helped rescue nine Afghans on Dec. 12, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Ryan Gerrity talks with children during a security patrol in Kuchiney Darvishan.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Gerrity (right), a fire team leader with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks with children during a security patrol in Kuchiney Darvishan, Helmand province, Afghanistan, near a canal from which he helped rescue nine Afghans on Dec. 12, 2011.

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