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    Operation Trailblazer (February 2004)

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    While on patrols as part of Operation Trailblazer to clear the highways of IEDs, on February 29, 2004 soldiers from the 14th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division discovered a cache consisting of 201 100 mm tank rounds located approximately 150 feet off the north side of Highway One west of Balad. The cache was destroyed in place without incident.
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