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Soldiers at work in Bosnia, 1997
Published: September 16, 2012
Ken George ©Stars and Stripes
Camp Demi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September, 1997: Squad leader Sgt. Robert Melvin, right, and a fellow soldier are silhouetted against the Bosnian sky while mounting a 40mm automatic grenade launcher to a turret atop a Humvee. Melvin is with the 977 Military Police from Fort. Riley, Kansas.