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2nd Marine Logistics Group

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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Valdemar Duarte, a truck driver with Black team, Charlie Company Motor Pool, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2d Force Service Support Group (Forward), takes a break on a recent convoy operation. Duarte, a Waterbury, Conn., native, who was born in the Cape Verde Islands of Africa, is attempting to gain U.S. citizenship through the military during his deployment to Iraq. If he is approved for citizenship, he will be flown to Kuwait to the U.S. embassy to swear in as part of the naturalization process.

050430-M-1758Y-012.jpg Photo By: Cpl. C.J. Yard

Apr 30, 2005

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Valdemar Duarte, a truck driver with Black team, Charlie Company Motor Pool, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2d Force Service Support Group (Forward), takes a break on a recent convoy operation. Duarte, a Waterbury, Conn., native, who was born in the Cape Verde Islands of Africa, is attempting to gain U.S. citizenship through the military during his deployment to Iraq. If he is approved for citizenship, he will be flown to Kuwait to the U.S. embassy to swear in as part of the naturalization process.

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