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Gunners of the 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, put their 105 mm howitzer through a live-fire exercise near Khost on Oct. 28, 2002. / Getty Images
Gunners of the 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, put their 105 mm howitzer through a live-fire exercise near Khost on Oct. 28, 2002. / Getty Images