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Battleland Diary, May 25 – June 1
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A soldier from the U.S. Army's 1st Platoon, 18th Engineer Company, Task Force Arrowhead, reads a book at Forward Operating Base Mizan after completing a route clearance patrol in Afghanistan's Zabul Province May 24, 2012.
