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3 PARA soldier on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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3 PARA sniper moving forward to a new firing position, Afghanistan, 2008

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3 PARA soldier on patrol with a Light Machine Gun, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

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Group photo of men from A Company, 3 PARA, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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Soldier from 3 PARA pauses on patrol, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

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3 PARA soldier on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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3 PARA soldiers wearing modified helmet covers, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

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Soldier from 3 PARA on patrol alongside young Afghan locals, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008.

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3 PARA soldier carrying a GPMG, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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Soldier from A Coy, 3 PARA, cleaning a Light Machine Gun, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

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Soldiers from 3 PARA back at Camp Bastion after another patrol, Afghanistan, 2006

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Group photo of 3 PARA soldiers in Cpl Bryan Budd's section, Afghanistan, 2006

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Portrait of Albert Severn from a family album

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Soldiers from 23 Para Field Ambulance, c.1950s

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Soldiers of 3 PARA crossing a ditch, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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Paras in a dust storm caused by a Chinook Helicopter, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

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Para edges through a compound on a patrol, Afghanistan, 2008

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3 PARA soldier engaging the enemy, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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3 PARA mortar team firing an 81mm Mortar, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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Soldiers of 3 PARA sport helmets and shorts in Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 2008

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Members of 10 PARA took a break on a training exercise, c.late 1950s

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Soldier from 3 PARA at .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun position, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008

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2 PARA soldier takes the chance to rehydrate from a Camel Back water system, FOB Robinson, Afghanistan, 2008

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3 PARA soldier loading up for a patrol, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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3 PARA operating in fields of crops, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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3 PARA mortar team loading 81mm mortar, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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3 PARA soldier moving from compound to compound, Afghanistan, August 2008

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Chris Saunders celebrating his 80th birthday

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3 PARA soldier meeting with the Afghan National Army, Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 2008

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Members of 3 PARA greet Canadian servicemen, Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 2008

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Paras display their Airborne initiative as a parachute is used as a roof, FOB Robinson, Afghanistan, July 2008

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Member of 3 PARA, armed with a GPMG, observing for enemy activity, Afghanistan, August 2008

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3 PARA make a tactical entry to a compound, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, August 2008.

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