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Master Sgt. John Paxton hands a container of drinking water to an Iraqi woman.
U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Paxton hands a container of drinking water to an Iraqi woman in the Al Murtada district of Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on April 19, 2007. Paxton is attached to Alpha Company, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion.