(Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 1996: Pvt. 2 Reggie Ficklin of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, out of Baumholder, Germany, mans the turret of an M1A1 Abrams tank at Checkpoint 52, south of Olovo, on IFOR’s Route Python.

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