1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Page 4

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Gates at the entrance to Tikrit.

In the distance is the bridge over the Tigris river to the city of Tikrit.

Saddam's palace at Tikrit, which became the HDQs of the 4th Infantry Division
Note 4ID sign in right center of photo.

Entering Saddam's palace

Entrance to 4ID HDQs

Another entrance

Sgt. Benjamin Moon, right, from San Jose, California, of 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry salutes after receiving his
Combat Infantryman's badge from Lt. Col. Steve Russell, left, during a ceremony inside the Battalion headquarters
located inside the Presidential Palace area, in the city of Tikrit, Iraq on Thursday July 31, 2003.
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Maj. Brian Reed from Philadelphia, Pa., 1-22 Infantry, receives his Combat Infantryman's badge
from Lt. Col. Steve Russell in Tikrit, July 31, 2003.
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Using a framed portrait of Saddam Hussein as a tray to hold the medals,
U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Divison receive their Combat Infantryman's badge from Lt. Col. Steve Russell, second from right, during a ceremony inside the battalion headquarters at a former Saddam Hussein palace in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown about 112 miles (180 kms) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday July 31, 2003.
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Lt. Col. Steve Russell, left, pins an unidentified infantryman with the Combat Infantryman's badge July 31, 2003.
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A soldier from 1-22 stands guard outside of one of the homes that was raided hours earlier in the city of Tikrit, on Friday Aug 1, 2003. Dozens of U.S. forces raided two houses in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Friday afternoon and captured two men who were important Saddam associates.
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A Regular stands guard outside one of the homes raided on August 1, 2003.
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Regulars guarding one of the homes after the raid of August 1.
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Lt. Col. Steve Russell, left, Cpt. Timothy Morrow, center and Maj. Bryan Luke of 1-22 Infantry look at a print-out with images of what Saddam Hussein might look like at their Battalion Headquarters in Tikrit, on Friday Aug. 1, 2003. In the hunt for the former leader, the Army has generated images of what Saddam could look like after three months on the run, although it refused to release the pictures to the public.
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