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Airman fights his way back to Iraq after serious injury

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- In 2003, Senior Airman Douglas Batchelder suffered numerous injuries from flying shrapnel when a rocket careened off his back and exploded in his tent in Baghdad. After five hand surgeries, he is back in Iraq with the 64th Helicopter Maintenance Unit here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Tim Beckham
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