Battling for Baghdad: soldiers and marines take on Iraqis in what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called "the fastest advance on a capital city in modern military history."

VFW Magazine, June-July, 2003 by Shannon Hanson

During the three-week campaign in Iraq, the 3rd Division lost some 34 soldiers killed and the 1st Marine Division at least 24 men.

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COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning

 

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