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Soldier killed in IS operation 'hard not to be friends with'

(AP) -- When Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler was in town, his younger brother would take vacation time to spend with him. Zack Wheeler was absent from work Friday, this time preparing to travel to the

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