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Marines in combat gear and holding weapons walk through a patch of sand and rocks in front of a heavily damaged building.

(Mark Oliva/Stars and Stripes)

Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003: Marines walk among the ruins of the Special Republican Guard Headquarters buildings in Baghdad. Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines entered the compound on April 9, leading the push into Baghdad for their battalion.

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