Pictured here in Nashua, , in April 2014, is Ryan Pitts, holding an American flag flown by his grandfather, Frank Krypel, throughout Chosen Company's 15-month deployment to Afghanistan. Krypel brought the flag down only once, when Ryan returned home.

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