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Sgt. Oliver Sliva, 1st Brigade, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, describes his carbine rifle to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Dec. 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C., as brigade commander Col. Pat Donohue, left, and Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of 18th Airborne Corps, look on. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Sgt. Oliver Sliva, 1st Brigade, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, describes his carbine rifle to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Dec. 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C., as brigade commander Col. Pat Donohue, left, and Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of 18th Airborne Corps, look on. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Sgt. Oliver Sliva, 1st Brigade, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, describes his carbine rifle to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Dec. 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C., as brigade commander Col. Pat Donohue, left, and Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of 18th Airborne Corps, look on. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

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