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Jimmie Johnson needed just 21 career starts to win seven times at Dover, compared with 46 starts for Richard Petty and 35 for Bobby Allison. Johnson, a five-time Cup champion, has 57 victories overall. (Associated Press)

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Jessica Rosarda, a technician at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, does routine lab work with DNA samples at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The lab is responsible for locating and identifying fallen service members from past and current wars. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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James Canik, deputy director of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, searches among the vacuum-sealed DNA samples stored at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples at Dover Air Force Base. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)

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Letters from 1942 and 1953, which contain DNA, will be used to identify past military service members' remains at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base. The lab houses at least 6.7 million boxes of DNA specimen samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Tim Herbert, an analyst at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base, tests a DNA specimen sample. The lab houses more than 6.7 million boxes of DNA samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Tim Herbert, an analyst at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base, tests a DNA specimen sample. The lab houses more than 6.7 million boxes of DNA samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lt. Col. John D. Loftis on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Col Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds suffered during an attack at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This photo from Aug. 9, 2011, shows the closed gates at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Visitors leave the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after opening ceremonies in October 2003. (AP Photo/Dee Marvin, File)

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U.S. Marines board a C-5 transport plane bound for Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, at Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1994 as the U.S. military's presence in Somalia winds down. By then, more than a year after entering the country, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded.

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Kurt Busch takes the checkered flag at Dover International Speedway to climb from ninth to fourth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings. (Associated Press)