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the second of the

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156 italian and the 1 69 infantry

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battalion mourn the loss of two of

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their fallen comrade . Sergeant ,

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Anthony Kaledin and specialist Fernando

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Rios lost lives , an improvised

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explosive device , attacks on august

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7th . One thing I remember about that

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day . It was challenging , kept telling

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me in the marines , we would do it this

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way . Must have heard that 1000 times

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over the last year Rios was on point

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with security and truly impressed with

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how he wanted to cover our tracks . He

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was always on top of setting out the

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cones in the wire . He did it so often

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that back here in his sleep , he would

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wake up and columns calls , You have to

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put up the cold

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colossal . These two soldiers in

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extreme , these are not average

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soldiers by enemies . They were among

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the best . Both Sergeant Kaledin and

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specialist Rios were part of Task force

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Steel helping to stabilize post war

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Iraq and promote democracy reporting

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from Baghdad . I'm Sergeant Jose

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cologne .