Joseph Giordono ©Stars and StripesIraq, March, 2003:Capt. Scott Brannon, of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, provides cover fire while medics rush to aid Spc. Shawn Williams, who was shot through the abdomen during an assault on a southern Iraq airfield.

RELATED MATERIAL: Stars and Stripes' 2003 story about the battle.