May 23, 2005

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A U.S. Marine shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a pause in operations in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2005. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, are conducting operations in concert with Afghanistan Army soldiers in the region. DoD photo by Spc. Harold Fields, U.S. Army. (Released)