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U.S. paratroopers wait to jump out of an Air Force C-130 aircraft over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 11, 2010.

U.S. paratroopers wait to jump out of an Air Force C-130 aircraft over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 11, 2010.

U.S. paratroopers wait to jump out of an Air Force C-130 aircraft over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 11, 2010.

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