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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Horst explains to Iraqi orphans that they must share five donated soccer balls as Sgt. Kevin Dodson displays a ball at the orphanage in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2008. Horst is assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion; Dodson is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

SOCCER SHARING

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Horst explains to Iraqi orphans that they must share five donated soccer balls as Sgt. Kevin Dodson displays a ball at the orphanage in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2008. Horst is assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion; Dodson is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

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