Archive photo of the day
Awaiting shipment, 2009
Stars and Stripes
July 2, 2023
(Heath Druzin/Stars and Stripes)
Victory Base, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2009: Rows of Humvees and armored trucks sit on a dirt lot at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, awaiting shipment out of Iraq. They're destined either for Afghanistan or refurbishment in the United States.
Read the 2009 story here.