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SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 6, 2003. US Marines from the 1st Marine Division receive a direct Iraqi Army artillery hit on an amphibious assault vehicle (aav) killing at least 2 Marines and wounding 3 or 4 as they waited to cross the Nahr Biyala…

DIWANIYA, IRAQ, APRIL 1, 2003. US Marines of the 1st Marine Division secure 19 Iraqi Army POW's, some who surrendered, 100 miles south of Baghdad, April 1, 2003. Diwaniya, a city of 300,000 residents, was reported to have 3000 Saddam fidayeen and 30…

AL KUT, IRAQ, APRIL 3, 2003. US Marines of the 1st Marine Division secure the entry to Al Kut 90 miles south of Baghdad, April 3, 2003. Iraqi army. Iraqi army POW's were taken and killed in an ambush as the Marines entered the western parts of the…

IRAQ, SEPTEMBER 27. US Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (1st Armored Division, based in Weisbaden, Germany) apprehend one of two brothers, Wasaam Hammed Hilal, September 27, 2003, suspected of RPG/mortar attacks…

SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ, MARCH 29, 2003. US Marines of the 1st Marine Division smash in a door of a Iraqi government building outside At Tahrir, a city Marines set out to secure, about 100 kms south of the capital, March 29, 2003.

SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 8, 2003. US Marines from the 1st Marine Division get set to deploy into a blocking position near a Iraqi Army compound under attack 6-8 miles south east of Baghdad, April 8, 2003.

PFC James Cokl, a light machine gunner, had a smoke during a major raid at night.

PFC Reed Harry counted the days he has served in Iraq on the wall over his bunk. His rifle and hat hung on the wall.

PFC Reed Harry wrote a 'letter' home in the form of an e-mail.

Spc. Stuart Wilf practiced heavy metal in his bunk room, which was protected by sandbags. He wore a headset so he would not disturb his bunk mates.