1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq photos Page 14

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Cpt. Alex Morales left, of the Bronx, New York, from the 1/22 Infantry medical platoon, examines a small Bedouin girl near Tikrit, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Cpt Morales and many more U.S. soldiers are entrusted with the humanitarian task of supplying aid such as rebuilding water treatment and pumping plants and much needed medical assistance.
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Cpt Morales examines the eyes of a Bedouin tribesman near Tikrit, Sept 17, 2003.
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Cpt Morales examines a Bedouin girl, Sept 17, 2003.
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Dan Rather and officers from Task Force 1-22, Tikrit, 2003
Second from right is Captain Alex Morales
photo courtesy of Anne LeGare

A 1-22 soldier at a security point on a road leading into Tikrit, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003, approaches two Iraqi men, one holding a makeshift white flag, and the other holding his hands up high. The U.S. military stepped up security in and around Tikrit after a patrol was ambushed Sept. 18, killing three soldiers and wounding two.
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A soldier from 1-22 questions a bus driver at a check point on a road leading into Tikrit, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003.
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Regulars conduct a security search for weapons in a bus on a road leading into Tikrit, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003.
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Regulars observe a house and monitor movement while patroling a road leading into Tikrit, Sept. 20, 2003.
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A 1-22 soldier walks through thick vegetation while patroling in Tikrit, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003.
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SFC Gilbert Nail of Clayton Oklahoma walks through thick vegetation
while patroling near Tikrit, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003.
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Soldiers of 1-22 prepare to storm a house during a raid in Tikrit, September 21, 2003.
REUTERS/Arko Datta http://www.reuters.com/

Regulars rush into their positions during a raid, Sept 21, 2003.
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