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A U.S. Marine hands a folded American flag to a grieving woman sitting in a chair; she is surrounded by other people.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Wiles presents a flag to Famata Kar, mother of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, at Tarwoe’s memorial service in Flehla, Liberia, May 17, 2012. Tarwoe was born in Liberia, but he immigrated to the U.S. as a child. He was killed in a bomb explosion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Wiles escorted Tarwoe’s body back to Liberia for burial.

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