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05-07-2004, 06:23 AM
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A Marine meets Cobra helicopter gunships at a refueling station.
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An injured Marine is removed from a Marine CH-46 Helicopter at Camp Viper in Iraq
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Medics tend to an injured Marine whose armored personnel carrier was hit by an Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade near Nasiriya.
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In southern Iraq, two Marine helicopters cross paths, silhouetted by the disk of the setting sun.
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Marine Pvt. George Rivera looks determined to ride out a savage sandstorm that ripped through Camp Viper, bringing most activities to a grinding halt.
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The body of a U.S. Marine, listed as killed in action, rests at Camp Viper, in the desert of western Iraq, after being transported by helicopter from central Iraq on Thursday. Nearby, the helicopter pilot confers with medical personnel.
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A wounded Iraqi prisoner of war is unloaded from a helicopter after being flown out of central Iraq.
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Six Iraqi prisoners of war who were flown to Camp Viper in central Iraq are searched before being treated for injuries at the camp's medical unit
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Marine Lance Cpl. Roland Castellanos of Corpus Christi, Texas, gets a pat on the back from Lt. Gen. James Conway, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, after being pinned with a Purple Heart at Camp Viper in the Iraq desert. Castellanos was part of a 200-vehicle convoy carrying supplies when the convoy began receiving fire from both sides and he was shot while returning fire by following the tracer rounds from the enemy
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convoy of Marine vehicles belonging to a combat support service battalion carries supplies to the troops to the north
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U.S. Marines stand atop their Abrams tank, which broke down last week and has been waiting for parts.
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U.S. Marines carrying supplies to troops just outside of Nasiriya take up defensive positions as they check out suspicious activity along the road in central Iraq.
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An Iraqi man brings his 14-month-old daughter to see U.S. Navy Dr. Rob Robinson, right, at Camp Anderson in central Iraq on Wednesday. The girl had been coughing for the past 25 days. Robinson checked the girl's medications and gave the father bottles of clean water for her.
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Marine Lance Cpls. Christopher Dixson, right, of Columbia, Mo., and Willson Ayotte of Clarkston, Mich., stand guard at Camp Anderson in central Iraq.
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U.S. forces lifted in by helicopter join the rapid push toward Baghdad. GIs got close enough to see the Iraqi capital's skyline, and some put on chemical protection suits
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Hospital Corpman Nesive Bell holds a child who was in a taxi that was fired on at a U.S. checkpoint near Diwaniyah. Two men and a child died. The U.S. military says the incident is under investigation
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At Camp Chesty, bulldozers sculpt the land into what will be the largest supply depot in central Iraq
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In central Iraq: Killing time at Camp Chesty, U.S. Marine Alfredo Fuentas of West Covina, Ca. stares into the fire burning in a trash dump as the crescent moon shines above
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gt. Brandon Powell of Leesburg, Va., stands guard along Highway 6 at a bridge over the Diyala River in the southwest Baghdad. The bridge was taken 12 hours earlier.
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Marines entering southeastern Baghdad built a bridge on Highway 6 over the Diyala River in five hours to replace one that had been destroyed.
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A portrait of Saddam Hussein is obliterated by bullet holes in the southeastern section of Baghdad as the fate of the Iraqi president remained a mystery Tuesday, the day after a B-1 bomber strike destroyed a building where U.S. officials suspected him of meeting with aides.
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Looters sort through items in the lobby of Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education.
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An Iraqi boy watches the fires that have become commonplace along the streets of Baghdad. Even abandoned cars are torched for no reason and left to burn.
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Despite signs of normality returning to Baghdad, Staff Sgt. Dino Moreno of El Paso, Texas, keeps an eye on things down on the street.
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A group of Iraqi men walking along Highway 6 on the southern edge of Baghdad approach U.S. soldiers with their arms raised to show they are not a threat.
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A Marine lines up Iraqi weapons seized by U.S. forces in Baghdad
All from www.sfgate.com, all taken by Michael Macor.
A Marine meets Cobra helicopter gunships at a refueling station.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/24/mn_injuredsoldier03.jpg
An injured Marine is removed from a Marine CH-46 Helicopter at Camp Viper in Iraq
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/24/mn_injuredsoldier02.jpg
Medics tend to an injured Marine whose armored personnel carrier was hit by an Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade near Nasiriya.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/25/mn_iraq3_mac.jpg
In southern Iraq, two Marine helicopters cross paths, silhouetted by the disk of the setting sun.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/26/mn_tentwrestle_mac.jpg
Marine Pvt. George Rivera looks determined to ride out a savage sandstorm that ripped through Camp Viper, bringing most activities to a grinding halt.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/28/mn_iraq_mac01.jpg
The body of a U.S. Marine, listed as killed in action, rests at Camp Viper, in the desert of western Iraq, after being transported by helicopter from central Iraq on Thursday. Nearby, the helicopter pilot confers with medical personnel.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/28/mn_choppermedic01_mac.jpg
A wounded Iraqi prisoner of war is unloaded from a helicopter after being flown out of central Iraq.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/29/mn_injured_mac02.jpg
Six Iraqi prisoners of war who were flown to Camp Viper in central Iraq are searched before being treated for injuries at the camp's medical unit
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/30/mn_iraq_mac01.jpg
Marine Lance Cpl. Roland Castellanos of Corpus Christi, Texas, gets a pat on the back from Lt. Gen. James Conway, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, after being pinned with a Purple Heart at Camp Viper in the Iraq desert. Castellanos was part of a 200-vehicle convoy carrying supplies when the convoy began receiving fire from both sides and he was shot while returning fire by following the tracer rounds from the enemy
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/30/mn_iraq_mac04.jpg
convoy of Marine vehicles belonging to a combat support service battalion carries supplies to the troops to the north
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/03/31/mn_iraq-macor3.jpg
U.S. Marines stand atop their Abrams tank, which broke down last week and has been waiting for parts.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/01/mn_iraq-macor1.jpg
U.S. Marines carrying supplies to troops just outside of Nasiriya take up defensive positions as they check out suspicious activity along the road in central Iraq.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/03/mn_iraq1_mac.jpg
An Iraqi man brings his 14-month-old daughter to see U.S. Navy Dr. Rob Robinson, right, at Camp Anderson in central Iraq on Wednesday. The girl had been coughing for the past 25 days. Robinson checked the girl's medications and gave the father bottles of clean water for her.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/03/mn_iraq2_mac.jpg
Marine Lance Cpls. Christopher Dixson, right, of Columbia, Mo., and Willson Ayotte of Clarkston, Mich., stand guard at Camp Anderson in central Iraq.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/03/mn_iraq3_mac.jpg
U.S. forces lifted in by helicopter join the rapid push toward Baghdad. GIs got close enough to see the Iraqi capital's skyline, and some put on chemical protection suits
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/04/mn_iraq_mac01.jpg
Hospital Corpman Nesive Bell holds a child who was in a taxi that was fired on at a U.S. checkpoint near Diwaniyah. Two men and a child died. The U.S. military says the incident is under investigation
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/07/mn_iraq08.jpg
At Camp Chesty, bulldozers sculpt the land into what will be the largest supply depot in central Iraq
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/07/mn_iraq09.jpg
In central Iraq: Killing time at Camp Chesty, U.S. Marine Alfredo Fuentas of West Covina, Ca. stares into the fire burning in a trash dump as the crescent moon shines above
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/09/mn_iraq-mac1.jpg
gt. Brandon Powell of Leesburg, Va., stands guard along Highway 6 at a bridge over the Diyala River in the southwest Baghdad. The bridge was taken 12 hours earlier.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/09/mn_iraq-mac2.jpg
Marines entering southeastern Baghdad built a bridge on Highway 6 over the Diyala River in five hours to replace one that had been destroyed.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/09/mn_iraq-mac3.jpg
A portrait of Saddam Hussein is obliterated by bullet holes in the southeastern section of Baghdad as the fate of the Iraqi president remained a mystery Tuesday, the day after a B-1 bomber strike destroyed a building where U.S. officials suspected him of meeting with aides.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/13/mn_iraq1.jpg
Looters sort through items in the lobby of Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/14/mn_iraq03.jpg
An Iraqi boy watches the fires that have become commonplace along the streets of Baghdad. Even abandoned cars are torched for no reason and left to burn.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/04/16/mn_iraq4.jpg
Despite signs of normality returning to Baghdad, Staff Sgt. Dino Moreno of El Paso, Texas, keeps an eye on things down on the street.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/05/08/mn_macor_surrender.jpg
A group of Iraqi men walking along Highway 6 on the southern edge of Baghdad approach U.S. soldiers with their arms raised to show they are not a threat.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/05/08/mn_macor_guns.jpg
A Marine lines up Iraqi weapons seized by U.S. forces in Baghdad
All from www.sfgate.com, all taken by Michael Macor.