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The care squadron: From inside Iraqi 'concrete city,' Westover reservists save the wounded

Every day, reports of people being killed and wounded in Iraq can often seem like a distant reality. But for three Hampshire County residents serving in Iraq, the aftermath of these battles confronts them daily: As members of the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, based at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, they help staff one of the largest military hospitals in Iraq, at Balad Air Base north of Baghdad.

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