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Michael Johns, 3, covers his ears as cannons fire as
part of a deployment ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas, on March 27.
Michael attended the ceremony with his father, center, Chief Warrant
Officer Michael Johns. Troops from the 4th Infantry Division at Fort
Hood were being deployed to the war with Iraq |
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On the outskirts of Baghdad, a member of the Republican
Guard surveys the scene--with a hole in his helmet
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The push toward Baghdad
continued, as U.S. Marines sought control of Aziziya |
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Tanks with the
Army's Third Infantry Division moved north on Wednesday. The
mechanized division's progress was never seriously challenged by the
vaunted tank brigades of the Medina Division of the Republican Guard |
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Specialist Mitchell
Roe, 20, of Canton, Mich., was on the frontline on Wednesday with the
Third Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment |
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Iraqi vehicles
destroyed during a fight for a bridge near Karbala |
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According to
American military estimates, 1,000 of Iraq's 2,500 tanks have been
destroyed in two weeks of war |
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Gen. Tommy R.
Franks visits a wounded soldier, Pfc. Patrick McDermott, at the
47th Combat Support Hospital in Kuwait |
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A soldier clad in protective gear stops to remember the family he left
at home |
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Ready, set, wait: The soldiers of the Third Brigade Combat Team, Third
Infantry Division endure days of dust storms and rising heat in the
Kuwaiti desert, waiting for the call to go into Iraq |
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Marines from the 1st Marine Division in Northern Kuwait get ready to
move toward the forward deployment zone approximately 13 mils south of
the Iraqi border |
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Lt. Col. Brian McCoy throws a hand grenade after his convoy was fired
on outside a small village |
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A U.S. M1A1 Abrams tank moves across the runways of Saddam
International Airport today |
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A man
identified as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen in this image
taken from Iraqi television on Friday. The Iraqi leader was seen
greeting people in a Baghdad neighborhood, apparently the first public
appearance of the Iraqi leader since the U.S.-led invaison of Iraq
began on March 20. |
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