Gung Ho! Pictures

2005-08-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

U.S. Army Capt. Arne Oas examines a swell on a young girl's nose during the Medical Civil Action Program (MedCap) at Fenjan Village near Baghdad, Iraq, on July 26, 2005. Every few weeks the U.S. medical staff provides health care and assistance to civilians in different locations. Oas is assigned to 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

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2005-08-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

A Soldier from the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, hands out toys to children and cold water to the Iraqi mothers waiting to be examined during a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP) visit at Fenjan Village near Baghdad, Iraq, on July 26, 2005. Every few weeks the medical staff provides health care and assistance to civilians in different locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

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2005-08-24T09:50:00.000-07:00

AR RAMADI Iraq – A platoon of Iraqi Security Forces and Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, get into position during a mission in the city here July 25. Marines with the Camp Pendleton, Calif., -based infantry battalion and ISF conducted a battalion-wide operation in the city’s marketplace, where they searched vehicles and personnel for weapons and improvised explosive making material.

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2005-08-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

Marette Winchester and her daughter Alexandra, 2, of Fairview Park, walk along the ever-growing makeshift memorial on the fence surrounding the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines headquarters in Brook Park, Ohio on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. The suburban Cleveland-based battalion was hard hit with casualties this week in Iraq. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Brook Park locals walk past a makeshift memorial. Five Marines from the 25th Marine Regiment, a reserve unit based in Ohio, were killed August 1 in small-arms fire outside Haditha, Iraq. Fourteen more from the regiment were killed August 3, when an explosive detonated near their amphibious assault vehicle.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Williams)

Marine Sgt. Curtis Gibson looks at the ever-growing makeshift memorial on the fence surrounding the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines headquarters in Brook Park, Ohio on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. The suburban Cleveland-based battalion was hard hit with casualties this week in Iraq. Gibson is a member of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines and works at the headquarters. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), reads a letter at a makeshift memorial 04 August 2005 in Brook Park, Ohio. Bagpipes wailed 'Amazing Grace' and the song 'God Bless America' echoed off skyscrapers as workers in the Midwestern city of Cleveland paused to remember 15 Ohio marines killed in Iraq(AFP/Getty Images/File)

A simple sign drawn by a child tells the story of the presence of the ever-growing makeshift memorial on the fence surrounding the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines headquarters in Brook Park, Ohio on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. The suburban Cleveland-based battalion was hard hit with casualties this week in Iraq. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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2005-08-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

A U.S. Marine climbs into an Amphibious Assault Vehicle, or Antrak in Barwana, near Haditha, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. A roadside bomb Wednesday in Barwana killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter riding in an Antrak, in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by American forces in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

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2005-08-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

U.S. Marines from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment from Ohio, watch news reports in an Iraqi house where they are staying in Barwana, near Haditha, Iraq, on Al-Jazeera about fellow Marines Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. Fourteen Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines _ were killed Wednesday along with a civilian interpreter in the deadliest roadside bombing of U.S. troops in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

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2005-08-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

Memorial ribbons are seen placed on a fence as military personnel walk out of the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, in Columbus, Ohio, where nine of 14 Marines who were killed in Iraq were based. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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2005-07-29T11:43:00.000-07:00

Map locates Rabiah, Iraq, where a suicide bomber has killed at least 25. (AP Graphic)

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2005-07-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

Iraqi police examine the remains of vehicles destroyed by a suicide car bombing in Baghdad July 29, 2005. Police said two people were killed and at least 15 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near an Iraq police patrol in Baghdad. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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2005-07-29T11:25:00.000-07:00

This photo provided by Tollefson family shows Army Spc. John O. Tollefson, 22, of Fond du Lac, Wis., was killed Wednesday, July 27, 2005, by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Iraq, family friend Ed Hammer said Friday. (AP Photo/via family photo)

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2005-07-27T07:13:00.000-07:00

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2005-07-27T06:45:00.000-07:00

The aft torpedo room, USS Silversides.
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2005-07-27T06:43:00.000-07:00

The battery control panel. Located in the aft engine room, USS Silversides.
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2005-07-27T06:39:00.000-07:00

The control room of the USS Silversides. This looking from the crews mess area toward officers country and the forward torpedo room.
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2005-07-27T06:33:00.000-07:00

Munciecarl, my wife Cora, and our friend Lida. Taken in front of the USS Silversides, Muskegon, Michigan. This is a WWII era submarine that had one of the best kill totals in the pacific.
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2005-07-15T06:29:00.000-07:00

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Angel Gomez holds up his left arm during a ceremony at the Veterans Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2005, as his parents Paulino and Antonia Gomez stands behind. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services gave Gomez his U.S. citizenship after he was injured in an explosion outside of Baghdad, Iraq in April. Gomez sustained head wounds and was unable to hold up his right arm during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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2005-07-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

U.S. troops secure the area after a carbomb attack targeting a U.S. military convoy in the area east of Baghdad, Iraq Friday July 15, 2005. A series of car bombs targeted American and Iraqi troops in separate areas of the Iraqi capital, a day after security forces captured a would-be suicide bomber near the entrance to the heavily guarded Green Zone. Scattered mortar fire shook two north Baghdad districts. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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2005-07-15T06:15:00.000-07:00

U.S. troops secure the area after a car bomb attack targeting a U.S. military convoy in the area east of Baghdad, Iraq Friday July 15, 2005. A series of car bombs targeted American and Iraqi troops in separate areas of the Iraqi capital, a day after security forces captured a would-be suicide bomber near the entrance to the heavily guarded Green Zone. Scattered mortar fire shook two north Baghdad districts. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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2005-06-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

A Chinook helicopter hovers over U.S. troops in the village of Jegdelic, about 90 km (56 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this picture taken on December 24, 2004. A U.S. military helicopter carrying up to 20 American troops crashed during an anti-guerrilla mission in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, U.S. officials said. The fate of those on board was not immediately known.

24 Dec 2004 REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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2005-06-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

A guard weeps as he leads a car carrying the coffin of assassinated Shi'ite Iraqi National Assembly member Dhari Ali al-Fayadh during his funeral June 29, 2005. Al-Fayadh, his son and three of his bodyguards were killed yesterday in a car bomb attack on their vehicle.

29 Jun 2005 REUTERS/Thaier Al-sudani
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2005-06-29T08:10:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
An Iraqi fireman walks amongst burnt out cars after a large car bomb attack in a market area of Baghdad June 27, 2005. Four people were killed and 29 injured in the blast.
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2005-06-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A man salutes as the casket of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Piper is carried out of the Old North Church in his hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts June 27, 2005. Piper died of wounds suffered earlier in the month serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.
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2005-06-29T08:01:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A woman watches a horse drawn caisson carrying the casket of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Piper through the streets of his hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts June 27, 2005. Piper died of wounds suffered earlier in the month serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.
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2005-06-29T07:58:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A U.S. soldier kneels at the casket of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Piper at his burial in his hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts June 27, 2005. Piper died of wounds suffered earlier in the month serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.
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2005-06-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
Some 3,800 illegal firearms burn as they are destroyed by police in Nairobi June 29, 2005. Most of the firearms were collected from residents living in the North Rift region after an ultimatum to surrender their firearms or face the full force of the law. The military operation is still in progress in the region where there had been shooting incidents among nomad herders.
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2005-06-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
South Korean sex workers take part in a rally to declare 'Sex Worker's day' in Seoul June 29, 2005. Sex workers rallied on Thursday against government law aimed at the sex industry.
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2005-06-29T07:42:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Angolan subsistence fishermen cast their nets in the bay of the country's capital, Luanda in this April 17, 2005 file picture. Angola is clamping down on foreign fishing in its waters to boost stocks and grow its own industry, forcing fishermen from abroad to partner with local firms, Deputy Fisheries Minister Victoria Cristovao de Barros Neto said on June 28, 2005. Picture taken April 17, 2005.
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2005-06-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Ali Jasim
Iraqi police stand over captured insurgents after a morning battle in the southwestern Al-Bayaa district of Baghdad June 20, 2005. Police, U.S. forces, and Iraqi interior ministry forces surrounded the area after an attack on a local police station. Five Iraqi police personnel were killed and 11 insurgents were arrested, police said.
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A Sudanese refugee peers

2005-06-21T14:02:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
A Sudanese refugee peers during Refugee Day celebrations in Ikafe camp for Sudanese refugees in northwest Uganda near the borders of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo June 20, 2005. Marking World Refugee Day with his first overseas trip in the role, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Monday that Nations like Uganda that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring African conflicts should serve as a lesson to the West, where asylum has become confused with terrorism and crime.
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Sudanese refugee boys

2005-06-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
Sudanese refugee boys beg for candies during celebrations of the Refugee Day at Ikafe camp in northwest Uganda near the borders of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo June 20, 2005. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Monday that nations like Uganda that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring African conflicts should serve as a lesson to the West, where asylum has become confused with terrorism and crime. Guterres is marking World Refugee Day with his first overseas trip in the role to the Ikafe camp.
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Boy from south Sudan holds his schoolbooks

2005-06-21T12:46:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
A displaced boy from south Sudan holds his schoolbooks at Oliji primary school during a visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres in northern Uganda, June 21, 2005. Guterres told recently displaced refugees from south Sudan on Tuesday that the international community must do more to translate a peace agreement for the region into reality, UNHCR said.
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Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen

2005-06-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Kyle Carter
Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen is wheeled out of the Neshoba County Courthouse after being found guilty of manslaughter on three counts in Philadelphia, Mississippi, June 21, 2005. Killen was found guilty of manslaughter for the June, 21 1964 murders of three civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman.
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Sen. Biden to run for president in 2008

2005-06-20T00:09:00.000-07:00

REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) addresses delegates on the final night of the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, in this July 29, 2004 file photo. Biden said on June 19, 2005, he intends to run for president in 2008, two decades after he dropped out of the race amid charges he plagiarized a British politician's speech. "My intention now is to seek the nomination," Biden, of Delaware, said on CBS television's "Face the Nation."
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