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Battleland Diary, April 21-27
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U.S. soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to the 82nd Airborne Division points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 26, 2012.