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By Ian O’Loughlin

Soldiers from Mentoring Task Force – Three (MTF-3) move away from a helicopter landing zone, after loading Australian casualties wounded by an improvised explosive device on a Bushmaster, in the Chora Valley, southern Afghanistan. Photo by Able Seaman Jo Dilorenzo.
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The battle line

07/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1963 Views 0 Comments By Ian O'Loughlin

His heart and mind was racing, he struggled to hold back his tears, He had no choice now and had to face his greatest fears.

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