Pfc. Brayden Panttaja, 23, of Idaho, with the U.S. Army’s Bravo Company, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, walks past a pile of burning garbage while descending from a hilltop observation post in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

First published in the February 01, 2012, 7:14 p.m. edition

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