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One of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stand at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
One of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stands at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
One of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stand at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding swords, stand at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
The base to one of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stands at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. The helmets at the arches' base are from Iranian Soldiers, killed during the battle. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
The base to one of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stands at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. The helmets at the arches' base are from Iranian Soldiers, killed during the battle. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
One side of the Hands of Victory monument built at the end of the Iran-Iraq war marking the entrance to a large parade ground in central Baghdad. The hand and arm are modeled after former dictator Saddam Husseins own and surrounded with thousands of Iranian helmets taken from the battlefield. The swords made for the guns of dead Iraqi soldiers, melted and recast into the 24-ton blades. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A hand-sketched illustration by US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jack M. Carrillo, depicting an inside view of the Martyrs Monument, located at the Iran-Iraq War Memorial in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, US military members in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) convoy past the parade grounds and the "Hands of Victory" Triumphal Arch built by Saddam Hussein to celebrate the Iran-Iraq war
One of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stand at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
10/07/2005
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