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Army 1st Lt. Mike Barth and Staff Sgt. Sean Kane watch during a ceremony in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, to recognize the valor of a young man who died preventing a suicide bomber from killing U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians on Aug. 23. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

Army 1st Lt. Mike Barth and Staff Sgt. Sean Kane watch during a ceremony in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, to recognize the valor of a young man who died preventing a suicide bomber from killing U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians on Aug. 23. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

Army 1st Lt. Mike Barth and Staff Sgt. Sean Kane watch during a ceremony in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, to recognize the valor of a young man who died preventing a suicide bomber from killing U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians on Aug. 23. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

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