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Vehicles of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division cross into the DMZ between Iraq and Kuwait on March 19, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Trucks carry Marine landing and assault vehicles north on Highway 80 from Kuwait City to bases in the Kuwaiti desert Feb. 21, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Photographer David Gilkey, left, and reporter Drew Brown ride with the 3rd Infantry Division near the Iraq border on March 20, 2003.
Soldiers search an Iraqi border post that was hit with artillery as U.S. ground forces move across the border from Kuwait on March 20, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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An Iraqi civilian surrenders to British Royal Military Police north of Safwan in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003. (Pauline Lubens, San Jose Mercury News)
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British Royal Military Police tend the wounds of an Iraqi civilian north of Safwan who said she was wounded by coalition gunfire on March 22, 2003. (Pauline Lubens / San Jose Mercury News)
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Specialist David Beebe of the 1-30 Infantry tries to make his way through a massive dust storm in Iraq on March 25, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Soldiers stop and search a local Iraqi man outside his home near An Najaf on March 27, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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A soldier kicks in a door in while searching a group of buildings near Al Najaf on March 27, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires a 12.7 mm DSHK heavy machine gun against Iraqi forces in Gomalar, northern Iraq. (Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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Against a backdrop of smoke from oil fires, Iraqi civilians crowd the road south of Basra on March 28, 2003, as fighting between U.S.-led forces and Iraqis for control of the city continued. (Pauline Lubens / San Jose Mercury News)
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Five-year-old Muhammed suffered burns and gunshot wounds in a crossfire near Nasiriyah on March 29, 2003. Out of a family of 15, only Muhammed, his younger sister and father survived. (Jim Barcus / Kansas City Star)
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A U.S. Special Forces sniper fires a 50-caliber rifle at Ansar Al-Islam fighters high in the mountains above Khormal, northern Iraq, March 29, 2003. (Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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Iraqi civilians try to leave Basra through a checkpoint March 30, 2003, after shots were fired toward the crowd by Iraqi soldiers about a half mile away. (Pauline Lubens / San Jose Mercury News)
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Soldiers take cover as a firefight breaks out in a village across the Euphrates River as the U.S. Army continued its push north in Iraq on April 2, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Bradley fighting vehicles move across a dam at the Karbala Gap as the U.S. Army continued its push north in Iraq, April 2, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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A Bradley fighting vehicle drives on the tarmac while under fire from Iraqi forces during the battle for Saddam International Airport on April 4, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Soldiers take up a defensive position along a wall outside the VIP terminal at Saddam International Airport on April 4, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Fadil Bugdadi, 34, from Baghdad, stands on top of a statue of Saddam Hussein in front of the national ministry buildings in downtown Baghdad on April 10, 2003. (David P. Gilkey / Detroit Free Press)
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Retired Lt. Col. Joe Rippetoe and his wife, Rita, accept a flag that covered the casket of their son, Capt. Russell Rippetoe, during his funeral April 10, 2003, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Chuck Kennedy / MCT)
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Anthony Reviere carries an Iraqi woman to safety after she fell and fainted in a crowd of retired workers gathered at Sahat Al Shauhad, "Martyrs Square," to receive pension payments, May 20, 2003. (Carl Juste / Miami Herald)
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Lt. Rebecca Elliott, 23, from Clemson, S.C., calms a young Iraqi girl after she was nearly trampled by a large crowd of retired workers trying to receive their pension payments, May 20, 2003. (Carl Juste / Miami Herald)
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Relatives mourn over the casket of Saber Mozan Medhoush, whose body was found in a mass grave June 4, 2003. Mozan was taken from his home in 1986 and executed by the Iraqi military under orders from Saddam Hussein. (Peter Tobia / Philadelphia Inquirer)
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U.S. soldiers evacuate a wounded comrade to a waiting truck and medical evacuation helicopter, Aug. 7, 2003, after a humvee was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades. (Len Vaughn-Lahman / San Jose Mercury News)
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U.S. soldiers peer down Dec. 15, 2003, into a tunnel to the underground bunker where former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was discovered. (Chip Somodevilla / Detroit Free Press)
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A U.S. Marine carries a fallen comrade after a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004. (David Swanson / Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Marine Pfc. Eric Ayon tries to start a humvee damaged April 6, 2004, in a firefight that killed several of his comrades in Ramadi. Ayon was killed at the same intersection three days later. (David Swanson / Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines carry fatally wounded Cpl. John T. Sims after a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, April 9, 2004. (David Swanson / Philadelphia Inquirer)
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