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"… accomplish what they set out to accomplish.” …"

"… the Center. “Our mission load is actually going up.”Private 1st Class Lawrence Morrison II lays roses on the casket of his father, who was killed by an improvised …"

"… senior noncommissioned officers.Local people waved American flags at Sgt. Lawrence Morrison’s funeral service in support of the Morrison family and those who serve …"