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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Sean McCannon (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), speaks with several Iraqi boys while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Sean McCannon (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), speaks with several Iraqi boys while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Sean McCannon (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), speaks with several Iraqi boys while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Sean McCannon (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), approaches several Iraqi boys while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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US Army (USA) Private Second Class (PV2) Ricki E. Hardyman, assigned to Troop D, 4th Cavalry, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), conducts a search for weapons inside the glass factory in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Sean McCannon (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), speaks with several Iraqi boys, handong one his binoculars, while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Rawah
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C Quihuis Jr, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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