Photos Operation Phantom Fury: Fallujah 2004

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A Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines fires his rifle around a corner

 

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NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 4: American freelance photographer Stephanie Kuykendal and Corporal Ian McHugh lie wounded, after US Marines of the Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, were struck by an anti-tank mine near Fallujah on November 4, 2004. The incident wounded two marines and the US photographer Stephanie Kuykendal, as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an all-out invasion against insurgents in Fallujah. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

This gutsy woman is now a an educator in Minnesota, teaching math to elementary school children. She has two young children of her own. Hope they all live long, healthy lives. I wish the same for the two Marines WIA this day.

 

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A Marine from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines takes a break in Fallujah. Nov. 2004

 

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A sniper peers through his sight at potential enemy targets moving along the rooftop of a nearby building during a search mission in Al Fallujah, Iraq. The paratrooper is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The rifle is an M14 with a Leupold Mark 4 LR/T 10 x 40 mm M3 without illuminated reticle. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Charles B. Johnson

 

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Just watched the documentary 'The November War". Well worth watching.

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A U.S. Marine watches for anything suspicious from a building in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Nov. 10, 2004. The Marine is assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 1st Marine Division. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor R. Gift, U.S. Marine Corps.)

U.S. Marines prepare to step off on a patrol through the city of Fallujah, Iraq, to clear the city of insurgent activity and weapons caches as part of Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Nov. 26, 2004. The Marines are (from left to right) Platoon Sergeant Staff Sgt. Eric Brown, Machine Gun Section Leader Sgt. Aubrey McDade, Radio Operator Cpl. Steven Archibald, and Combat Engineer Lance Cpl. Robert Coburn. All are assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division conducting security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan C. Knauth, U.S. Marine Corpss) \

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) drives through a wall and locked gate to open a path for Marines assigned to 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, as they gain entrance to a building that needed to be cleared in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn). Operation Al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan L Jones)

U.S. Marines huddle behind walls as they receive instructions about their next move after a M1A1 tank eliminates the Iraqi insurgents in a house the Marines were receiving fire from in Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Dec. 10, 2004. Operation al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. The Marines are assigned to 3rd Platoon, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. James J. Vooris, U.S. Marine Corps.)

 

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Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 15, 2004) - Iraqi Special Forces Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Marines of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol south clearing every house on their way through Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn). Operation Al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq by units of the 1st Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James J. Vooris.)

Marines of 1st Battalion 8th Marines search the city of Fallujah, Iraq for insurgents and weapons during Operation Al Fajr.
Operation Al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq by units of the 1st Marine Division.
Official Marine Corps photo by: LCpl J.A. Chaverri

 

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A U.S. Marine carrying a captured WW2-Era Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun during the Battle of Fallujah. Iraq, 2004. The battle is considered as some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines have been involved in since the Battle of Huế City during the Vietnam War in 1968.

 

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1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8),

 

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1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8)

 

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Two Iraqi Army Forces (IAF) soldiers take a short break from combat operations.

1ST Marine Division move towards their objective

An Iraq Army Soldier sights in on a target, outside a Mosque.

SGT. Kris Schlouter from the 4th Civil Affairs Group

 

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2nd Battalion, 5th Marines provide security near the town of Ar Ramadi.

Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) smashes through a wall.

2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines, 1ST Marine Division,

India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division

 

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1ST Battalion, 8th Marines

 

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M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 2nd Tank Battalion (BN)

1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), set up a 60 mm M224

1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8)

 

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1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8)

 

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Marines from the 1st U.S Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Bravo Company, before leaving for a raid to clear houses and search for the last insurgents in Fallujah 2004

 

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A warning is painted on the wall above U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion 7th Marines as they prepare to leave Fox Company on a re-supply convoy in Fallujah.

 

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A U.S. Marine leads away a captured Insurgent in Fallujah, Iraq.

 

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