1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 25

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

LTC Steven Russell, commmander of 1-22 sprays over anti-American graffiti which reads
'we will kill everi american soldiers,' while on patrol in Tikrit, Sunday night, Dec. 14, 2003,
after Saddam Hussein's arrest.
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LTC Russell sprays over anti-American graffiti while on patrol in Tikrit, late Sunday night, Dec. 14, 2003.
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LTC Russell draws a monkey as part of some anti-Saddam graffiti, Dec. 14, 2003.
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LTC Russell continues obliterating anti-US graffiti, Dec 14, 2003.
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A US Army translator (R) paints Arabic graffitti against Saddam Hussein in Tikrit, Dec 14, 2003.
Standing next to him is LTC Steven Russell (L), commander of 1-22,
during the first night patrol after Saddam's capture.
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LTC Russell paints devil icons on a Saddam Hussein graffiti in Tikrit, Dec 14, 2003.
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Regulars inspect an explosive device from a weapons cache discovered during a raid against suspected fedayeen
in Tikrit, Dec. 11, 2003. Acting on an informant's tip, U.S. troops arrested three men believed to be leaders of an insurgent cell responsible for attacks against American troops and Iraqi civilians in Saddam Hussein's volatile hometown and seized a large weapons cache.
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A 1-22 soldier guards a suspected Fedayeen member in Tikrit, early Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003.
One person was killed and another arrested in a shootout with U.S. troops who patrol and secure Saddam Hussein's volatile hometown.
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SSG John Minzer (right) and SSG Jeffrey Loehr (left) of B Company take position
after three Iraqi men opened fire from their car in Tikrit, Thursday Dec 18, 2003.
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Spc. Steven A. Peny from Detroit, a member of Charlie Company, takes position while on a patrol in Tikrit,
Dec. 18, 2003, after three Iraqi men opened fire from their car near U.S. soldiers and disappeared immediately.
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A Regular from Charlie Company checks an Iraqi man while on patrol in Tikrit, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003.
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Charlie Company soldiers take position after receiving fire, Dec 18, 2003.
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A Regular from Charlie Company explains to an Iraqi man his mistake
after he verbally demonstrated his negative attitude to the U.S. Army Dec. 18, 2003.
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A soldier from Charlie Company talks to an Iraqi boy who holds text- books 'The new English course for Iraq'
during a foot patrol in Tikrit, Thursday, Dec 18 2003.
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Sergeant First Class Juan Antonio Garcia (right), 37, from 1-22, writes a letter to his wife,
during a break at the 4th ID headquarters in Tikrit, Dec 18, 2003.
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