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CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq (August 17, 2005) -- On the job, Lance Cpl. Luis Bonilla wields two weapons to accomplish his mission: an online personnel database and a set of paintbrushes. Not even the 12 plus hours he puts in every day dealing with Marines' administrative issues, nor the hardships of living in a combat zone, prevent this 21-year-old Browns Mills, N.J. native from creating his artwork. "I got into drawing around the time I was in fifth grade. I would carry my notebook everywhere," explained Bonilla, an administrative clerk with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. "I picked it up from...