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Afghan National Army soldiers pay their respects to two Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, during a memorial service on Contingency Operating Base Sher, in Garmsir, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2009. Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Hand, an assaultman with Fox Company, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan A. Taylor, a rifleman with Fox Company, were killed in action while conducting counterinsurgency operations in Garmsir, Afghanistan. (US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight A. Henderson.)
