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Photo Gallery 6 - Photos of Freedom
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April 19, 2003
Children of An Najaf, Iraq, cheer U.S. Army soldiers of 3rd Platoon, A. Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, during a patrol through their neighborhood on April 19, 2003. During patrols assessments are conducted and recorded that will help improve the quality of life for the citizens; patrols also deter the enemy. The 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyran V. Adams.)