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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Katie Thomas / The Bulletin
July 12, 2008
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Pfc. Vincent Hancock immersed himself in basic training with all the intensity expected of a recruit in wartime.
At Fort Sill, Okla., he learned to clear buildings of hostile fighters. He practiced the best way to climb into a truck without detonating a roadside....
