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It was a cold night in March 2003. With rain and low visibility, more than 1,000 Soldiers aboard 16 C-17 Globemaster IIIs waited to either go on their parachute mission into Northern Iraq, or call it a night. The weather officer, Capt. John Roberts, said they
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