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Soldiers Trade Weapons For Shovels In Idaho Wildfire Battle
In Idaho near McCall, Sgt Rhoden and other U.S. Army soldiers swapped M 16 rifles for pickaxes and shovels to fight a 20,000 acre wildfire. They trained briefly before joining Forest Service crews, while 200 Canadian firefighters and 500 U.S. Army troops arrived to bolster the Western fire season.
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