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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tours the new memorial at Fort Hood, Texas, April 16, 2009, in honor of 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse soldiers who were killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

NEW MEMORIAL

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tours the new memorial at Fort Hood, Texas, April 16, 2009, in honor of 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse soldiers who were killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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