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U.S. Army Pfc. Shawn Williams, with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, gives the thumbs-up sign to soldiers in his unit as he is evacuated after being injured by a roadside bomb, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 17, 2011.

Pfc. Shawn Williams gives the thumbs-up sign to soldiers in his unit as he is evacuated.

U.S. Army Pfc. Shawn Williams, with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, gives the thumbs-up sign to soldiers in his unit as he is evacuated after being injured by a roadside bomb, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 17, 2011.

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