September 11, 2011: Good Morning, Afghanistan

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | September 13, 2011 | +

Army Private Seth Burke Thompson and Specialist Wade Whiting greet the dawn while manning one of the .50-caliber machine guns on Observation Post 1 above Forward Operating Base Tillman, in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on September 11, 2011 / Army photo by Ken Scar

Pvt. Seth Burke Thompson of Miami, and Spc. Wade Whiting of Blackfoot, Idaho - both 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade - man one of the .50-caliber machine guns on Observation Post 1 above Forward Operating Base Tillman as the sun rises on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

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