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DH-4 at Le Frene, France. Note Lewis Machine Gun and hand-painted Marine Corps Insignia on the DH-4. Collection of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1984. DH-4 aircraft were used during the mission on 14 October 1918. Tewksbury was an Ensign and flew …
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Staff Sgt. William Newman, assigned to the 129th Transportation Company out of New Century, Kan., changes bearing seals and completes Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services on a Heavy Equipment Transporter front wheel, Oct. 10, 2011 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Photo …
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Tech. Sgt. Andrew Briggs protects his head from the intense heat generated by the engines of a C-130 Hercules engine running during an aeromedical evacuation mission Sept. 7, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Briggs is a loadmaster assigned …
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Members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America racing team participate in the 2011 Army Ten-Miler with their handcycles Oct. 9, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade (U.S. Army)

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Marines with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, move a wounded pilot onto a back board during a mock Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission on Irisuna Island, Oct 11. The Marines …
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