25-27 March 2003

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) nap on the tarmac before air assaulting into Iraq aboard UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, Friday, March 28, 2003. AP Photo/US Army, Spc. Robert Woodward

Pvt. 2nd Class Leo Bergin, 18, of Washington, Miss., keeps watch with binoculars despite the weather as the convoy from Camp New York crosses the border into Iraq on Thursday. Photo by Rob Curtis, Times Staff

Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, Bravo Company, 2/502nd board a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during a break in a 19-hour truck ride in blowing sand and high winds from Camp New York into Iraq on Thursday. Photo by Rob Curtis, Times Staff

Staff Sgt Brooks Johnson, son of Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota, stands by his hummvee and the foxhole he sleeps in at the base of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division somewhere in Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. Other members of Congress have children serving in the armed forces, but the Democratic senator said last week that his son may be the only one now in Iraq. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

Spc. Joshua Keith of Carterville, Ill., left, shaves the head of Pfc. Joshua Kile of Findley, Ore., at an artillery position of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in south-central Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

Spc. Curtis Brannam of Lebanon, Ore., eats his Meal-Ready-To-Eat (MRE) while on duty on the perimeter of the base of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in south-central Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. Col. Michael Linnington of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade said the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division was 80 kilometers (50 miles) of Baghdad. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

U.S. Pvt. Elizandro Gonzales, of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares his M249 light machine gun before pressing forward to the north, Thursday, March 26, 2003, in Iraq. Gonzales said that he and the rest of his ground assault convoy were ready to take the fight to the enemy. AP Photo/Spc. Joshua M. Risner, DOD pool

Pfc. Kevin Gropp, of Littleton, Colo., with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, sleeps in a foxhole by his humvee at an undisclosed location in southern Iraq on Tuesday. AP Photo

US Army helicopter crew from the 101st Airborne Division prepares an Apache attack helicopter. AFP/File/Romeo Gacad


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		Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) nap on the tarmac before air assaulting into Iraq aboard UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, Friday, March 28, 2003. AP Photo/US Army, Spc. Robert Woodward Pvt. 2nd Class Leo Bergin, 18, of Washington, Miss., keeps watch with binoculars despite the weather as the convoy from Camp New York crosses the border into Iraq on Thursday. Photo by Rob Curtis, Times Staff Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, Bravo Company, 2/502nd board a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during a break in a 19-hour truck ride in blowing sand and high winds from Camp New York into Iraq on Thursday. Photo by Rob Curtis, Times Staff Staff Sgt Brooks Johnson, son of Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota, stands by his hummvee and the foxhole he sleeps in at the base of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division somewhere in Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. Other members of Congress have children serving in the armed forces, but the Democratic senator said last week that his son may be the only one now in Iraq. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju Spc. Joshua Keith of Carterville, Ill., left, shaves the head of Pfc. Joshua Kile of Findley, Ore., at an artillery position of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in south-central Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju Spc. Curtis Brannam of Lebanon, Ore., eats his Meal-Ready-To-Eat (MRE) while on duty on the perimeter of the base of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in south-central Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003. Col. Michael Linnington of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade said the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division was 80 kilometers (50 miles) of Baghdad. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju U.S. Pvt. Elizandro Gonzales, of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares his M249 light machine gun before pressing forward to the north, Thursday, March 26, 2003, in Iraq. Gonzales said that he and the rest of his ground assault convoy were ready to take the fight to the enemy. AP Photo/Spc. Joshua M. Risner, DOD pool Pfc. Kevin Gropp, of Littleton, Colo., with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, sleeps in a foxhole by his humvee at an undisclosed location in southern Iraq on Tuesday. AP Photo US Army helicopter crew from the 101st Airborne Division prepares an Apache attack helicopter. AFP/File/Romeo Gacad