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U.S. soldiers from the 1-67 Cavalry help a wounded comrade after he received a piece of shrapnel in his leg from an IED, or Improvised Explosive Device, that exploded in the vicinity of his convoy, in downtown Ramadi, Iraq, 20 February, 2006.
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