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A U.S. Marine machine gun crew from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, takes up position next to a burned out car and rubble in the street, after crossing the Tigris river and entering the city of Baghdad on April 7, 2003.

U.S. Marines from Combat Engineer Platoon, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, place explosives on a Ba'ath Party Regime symbol outside of the Qalatsukar Secret Police Station on April 7, 2003.

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, keep a watchful eye during a mission on the outskirts of Baghdad to seize the East Bridge on April 6, 2003.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment are photographed on April 6, 2003, as they move up the street, on the outskirts of Baghdad to seize the east bridge that grants main access to the city.

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, advance up a street in the capital city of Baghdad, as they keep a watchful eye out for snipers in the adjacent buildings on April 6, 2003.

On April 9, 2003, U.S. Marine Cpl. Edward Chin of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, engage Iraqi forces in running gun battles through the streets of Baghdad, in order to capture the bridge on the east side of the capital city on April 6, 2003.

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa clear a small village outside the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on March 27, 2003. During the first week of Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S. Marine and Army units encountered stiff resistance in and around the city.