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U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment assist a captured enemy prisoner of war in the desert of Iraq on March 21, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

U.S. Marines assist a captured enemy prisoner of war in the desert of Iraq.

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment assist a captured enemy prisoner of war in the desert of Iraq on March 21, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

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