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HELPING A SOLDIER: U.S. Army soldiers helped a wounded Afghan National Army soldier to an Army medical helicopter in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday. Four members of the Afghan National Army were injured by an explosive device while on patrol.

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Pictures of the Day - Photo Journal - WSJ June 21, 2010

ROOM TO BREATHE: U.S. Army Cpl. Samuel Bard helped a wounded Afghan soldier en route to a hospital near Kandahar, Afghanistan

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Pictures of the Day June 29 - Photo Journal - WSJ June 29, 2010

RESCUE AND PROTECT: Staff Sgt. Edward Rosa reads the Bible and extends a cigarette to Pfc. Jorge Rostra Obando, who was stunned by an explosion in Afghanistan’s Arghanab Valley. One comrade was killed and two injured in the blast. Pfc. Rostran asked the sergeant to read Psalm 91, a favorite from his childhood.

(Ricardo Garcia Vilanova for The Wall Street Journal) 'You Will Not Fear…’ - Photo Journal - WSJ June 9, 2010

 Spc. Franky Cava of McDonough, Ga., sat in a Humvee in Herat province, Afghanistan

(Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Pictures of the Day - Photo Journal - WSJ June 25, 2010

UNDERNEATH THE STARS: U.S. Army Spc. Kevin O’Connor rested on a cot before pulling guard duty at an outpost in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province

(Julie Jacobson/Associated Press) Pictures of the Day - Photo Journal - WSJ  May 21, 2010

SERVE AND PROTECT: U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Orozco took a quick break in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter after transporting a shooting victim in Kandahar, Afghanistan

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Pictures of the Day - Photo Journal - WSJ June 17, 2010

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