1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Photos Page 27

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Regulars of 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry in line outside the dining facility
at the base at Tikrit, Christmas Day, 2003.
(AP Photo)

With his back to the camera, Eric McKown from Iowa, center, wears a Santa Claus cap
during lunchtime on Christmas eve at the 4ID base in Tikrit, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

Soldiers of Task Force Ironhorse inside the dining facility of their base in Tikrit, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

A member of the 4ID prays during a service in Tikrit, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

4ID soldiers pray during a Christmas service inside the dining facility of their base in Tikrit,
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

Major William Marzullo, of El Paso Texas, left, and Sergent Major Cesar Castro, from New York City,
both of 1-22, enjoy their dinner in Tikrit's military base, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
Hundreds of soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division patiently waited for Christmas breakfast in the chow line,
while a tuba brass band in the corner played carols.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

LTC Steve Russell, Commander of 1-22 Infantry, sings and plays the guitar during a special breakfast-time prayer
at the base in Tikrit as troops celebrated Christmas thousands of miles away from their loved ones.
Resting on the table in the foreground is the helmet of 1st Battalion's Chaplain.
December, 2003
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Soldiers of 1-22 sing Christmas carols during a Christmas Eve service and supper
at their barracks in Tikrit, Dec 24, 2003.
Reuters/Zohra Bensemra http://www.reuters.com/

Regulars listen to Christmas carols in front of a U.S. flag made of lights, during a Christmas Eve service and supper
at their barracks in Tikrit, December 24, 2003.
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra http://www.reuters.com/

Members of 1-22 during a Christmas eve service at Tikrit's military base, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

Soldiers of 1-22 bow their heads during a Christmas eve service in Tikrit Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) http://www.ap.org/index.html

A Regular is silhouetted against an American flag made out of lights,
Tikrit, Christmas Eve, 2003.
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/