07 April 2003

Gen. Tommy Franks, left, commander of the US Central Command, shakes hand with SGT Lucas Goddart of Sitka, Alaska, of the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division after having decorated him with the Bronze Star in An-Najaf, Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2003. Center is SGT James Ward of Wilmington, N.C., also decorated with a Bronze Star. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

A soldier of the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division looks at displayed Iraqi weapons seized in a school before the visit of Commander in Chief of the coalition forces in Iraq Gen. Tommy Franks in An-Najaf, Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2003. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

US Gen. Tommy Franks, right, commander of the US Central Command, shakes hand with soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division during a short visit in An-Najaf, Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2003. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

Pfc. Todd Shaw cares for a puppy that local children threw over a wall into the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) temporary headquarters compound inside Karbala, Iraq on Monday. Rob Curtis/Military Times staff

Citizens of Karbala, Iraq, greet the "Bulldogs", soldiers from Bravo Co., 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as they march through the streets of central Karbala, Iraq on Sunday, April 6. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Stone, 31, of Greenfield, Ohio, keeps civilians in Karbala away from U. S. soldiers on the move so they aren't caught in the line of fire by an ambush. The "Bulldogs", Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) continued to clear the city of militia and weapons on Sunday, April 6. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Soldiers with the Army's 101st Airborne Division check their weapons and rest inside the main terminal of Baghdad international airport on Sunday, April 6. Jack Gruber / USA Today

A U.S. soldier from the Armys 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is seen through a bullet-shattered window at Baghdad international airport on Sunday, April 6. Sitting on the tarmac is a damaged Iraqi Airlines 747 jetliner with its engines removed. After taking Saddam International Airport, U.S. forces renamed the facility Baghdad International Airport. Jack Gruber / USA Today

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) pose with a mural of Saddam Hussein for a picture in front of the main terminal of Baghdads international airport on Sunday, April 6, after they conducted final clearing checks. Jack Gruber / USA Today

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ride past Baghdad's main airport on Sunday, April 6, as they finish conducting final clearing checks. After gaining control of Saddam International Airport, the Army renamed the facility Baghdad International Airport. Jack Gruber / USA Today

Captain Pete Lind, left, of the 1-327 cuts a lock off a warehouse door as members of Charlie Company "Cold Steel" get ready to enter the building and check for weapons. John Partipilo / The Tennessean

Soldiers move with a Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicle while engaged in block-to-block urban combat in the streets of Karbala on Saturday, April 5. Units from 2-70 armor from Charlie Co, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, supported the 101st Airborne Division attack. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) engage in block-to-block urban combat in the streets of Karbala, Saturday, April 5. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff


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