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Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines patrol along the Euphrates River near Ramadi, Iraq, on April 4, 2004.
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Marines Echo Company, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines patrol during a sandstorm near Ramadi, Iraq, on April 2, 2004.
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Pfc. Eric Aaron Ayon tries to start a military Humvee that was damged in a firefight that killed several of his comrades in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004. Ayon was killed at the same intersection three days later, one of the U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines who died in Iraq that week.
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A U.S. Marine carries the body of a fellow Marine killed in action after a coordinated ambush against American troops in Ramadi, April 6, 2004. 4 --
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A young Iraqi girl cries between Iraqi men rounded up by U.S. military as suspects in a coordinated ambush in Ramadi against American troops, April 6, 2004. At least six Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Division, and perhaps as many as nine, died in five hours of fierce fighting at Ramadi when a multi-pronged assault caught foot patrols by surprise in broad-daylight at about 9 a.m.
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RAMADI, IRAQ-- U.S. Marines go house-to-house after a coordinated ambush against American troops in Ramadi, April 6, 2004. At least six Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Batallion, 4th Division, and perhaps as many as nine, died in five hours of fierce fighting at Ramadi when a multi-pronged assault caught foot patrols by surprise in broad-daylight at about 9 a.m.
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Corpsman carry a wounded Marine to a Chinook 46, Wednesday, April 7, 2004, as the number of U.S. Marines killed in a five hour, house to house firefight in Ramadi on Tuesday climbed to 12, ten from a single company.
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Daniel Turke of Golf Company rests as he returns to a command base after intense fighting in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 7, 2004.
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Marines with Second Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Echo Company, from left, LCpl Randy Hale, 21, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; PFC Brad Dawson, 19, of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania; PFC Jordan Johnson, 19, of Owensboro, Kentucky; and LCpl Antonio Torres, 20, of Miles, Texas, react to the news another Marine from Echo Company was killed by an IED, an improvised explosive device on April 9, 2004.
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A Marine from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines looks for cover during a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 10, 2004.
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RAMADI, IRAQ-- Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion Fourth Marines take cover and shoot from a rooftop during a three-hour firefight, Saturday, April 10, 2004, in Ramadi, Iraq.
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RAMADI, IRAQ-- Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion Fourth Marines use illumination mortars during a raid, Saturday, April 10, 2004, in Ramadi, Iraq.
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RAMADI, IRAQ-- Marines from Echo Company, Second Battallion Fourth Marines look for cover during a three-hour firefight, Saturday, April 10, 2004, in Ramadi, Iraq.
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Marines from Echo Company, Second Batttalion Fourth Marines look for cover during a three-hour firefight, Saturday, April 10, 2004, in Ramadi, Iraq.
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A Marine kneels before an M16, a helmet, and 16 dog tags representing the fallen Marines at a memorial service at Combat Outpost in Ramadi, Iraq, Sunday, April 11, 2004. Second Battalion, Fourth Marines Echo Company has lost 12 marines in the last week.
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