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Querying the quarries, 2003
Stars and Stripes
May 5, 2025
(Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes)
Near Karbala, Iraq, March 30, 2003: PFC Cory Willis inspects a series of rock quarries near Karbala. Forces from the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry spent a day fighting Iraqi armored forces hiding in the quarries.
Read the story on the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry here.