Scenes from Iraq

BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 4 months ago

From Iraq by an AFP stringer:

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Another scene from an AFP stringer:

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These pictures were taken during combat operations with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Golf Company, 3rd Platoon, fighting in Fallujah, and were available in the public domain via Yahoo.  Yet, I have a personal connection to these photographs.

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