Alpha Company

Patrick McCaffrey, second row, fourth from right, with members of the California National Guard's Alpha Company, 579th Engineer Battalion. One out of five in the unit has been killed or wounded in Iraq.

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Patrick McCaffrey, second row, fourth from right, with members of the California National Guard's Alpha Company, 579th Engineer Battalion. One out of five in the unit has been killed or wounded in Iraq.

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