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Residents and tourists are never sure what will turn up. A Vietnam combat Huey helicopter lands on the National Mall as it is donated from the Texas Air Command to the Smithsonian Institution for its planned exhibit "The Price of Freedom" in 2004. (George Bridges / MCT) (GEORGE BRIDGES/KRT)

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