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A black plume of smoke looms over the US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marine Regiments position, just east of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians from the 4406th Support Group, inspect a wrecked van vehicle on its side, the result of a High Energy Anti-Disruption Device (HEAD) explosion, a simulated terrorist demonstration at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998
Corporal Douglas Peterson, USMC, (left), inside the Pettibone crane gets signals from an unseen Marine as he prepares to place the engine hoist into position. Corporal Justin Agan, (center) USMC, also checks the signals as he steadies the hoist. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58
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The 378th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron
A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin waits to be fired in support
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Al Kut
State: Wasit
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC
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.
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.
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