Army Capt. Dan Newman, commander of C Company, 3rd Battalion of the 172nd Infantry Regiment, of Merrimack, , hands out candy to a local boy in the Sepine Takhte village, Paktya province. Afghan National Army soldiers and Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, conducted a joint air assault in the area, May 30-31. The Memorial Day Air Assault was the first that the battalion had ever conducted together in combat. Soldiers Make History on Memorial Day 285652

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