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Archive: April, 2004

Marines honor corporal's heroic sacrifice

Recruits at the Corps' two recruit training depots will know Cpl. Jason L. Dunham. They will know that the 22-year-old Marine lived up to the Corps' largest legends and laid down his own life to save those of his Marines. Dunham, a machine gunner for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment was memorialized by his battalion April 29th here.

Marines make big steps in small town

The Marines walking the streets called the patrol "routine," but hunting terrorists and building relationships in Iraq's small towns is turning out to be the most important mission of all. A patrol of nearly 20 Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment's Weapons Company scoured the streets of Jury Jibb, a small village near the Iraqi-Syrian

'They fought like lions'

Marines in Fallujah repulsed a sustained enemy attack Monday. The attack came just a day after Coalition Forces announced joint Marine and Iraqi patrols were to begin in the city. Marines fended off attacks against a force outnumbering his own, according to Capt. Douglas A. Zembiec, commander for Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in

Truck Company keeps 1st Marine Division rolling

They've got diesel running through their veins. Their language is as raw as the throaty rumble of the huge engines on which they turn wrenches. Skinned knuckles and faces smeared with grease are testament to the work that keeps the 1st Marine Division rolling. Marines of Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division are taking on the

Marines, Iraqi police patrol streets together in western Iraq

Iraqi police who were trained by Marines just a couple weeks ago are already walking the beat here. Recent graduates from Al Qaim Police Academy's first class conducted a week-long on-the-job training program. The police patrolled the streets with Marines from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Forty-two police spent a week using a

ICDC trains with Marines for Fallujah patrols

Teams of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers and Marines began practicing patrols here Monday in what is shaping up to be the shining hope for decayed security situation in Fallujah. Regimental Combat Team 1 Marines, who have largely been in Fallujah since the beginning of April, spent the day teaching Iraqi soldiers infantry basics for foot-patrols

Marines carry little flags in Iraq, thanks to Scouts

There was no question where Maj. Doug G. Luccio was going to keep his miniature flag made by Dylan Wyscaver, an Eagle Scout with Troop 130 from Golden, Colo. "I keep it in my left breast pocket," said Luccio, 1st Marine Division's assistant fire support coordinator and former Eagle Scout. "Right over my heart." The Portland, Ore., Marine received

Bench press equals stress press in Iraq

Packing on the pounds became a good thing for Marines here April 24. More than 40 servicemembers pushed, moaned and groaned their way through the first bench press invitational meet this year held by Marine Welfare and Recreational Services. It was an open contest Marines welcomed to break up the hum-drum of daily routines. "It's great to have

Marines meet with Iraqi governor, layout construction plans

Representatives from the Coalition Provisional Authority, I Marine Expeditionary Force and the government of the Al Anbar Province met here April 24 to discuss future infrastructure reconstruction projects in the region. The governor of the Al Anbar Province, Abdul Karim Barjis Ezziddeen Al Rawy, attended the meeting and offered his suggestions for

Marines return to Kharma battlefield, find town quiet

Marines walked the grounds April 23, where two weeks before, they killed 100 enemy. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment moved through Al Kharma, the same small Iraqi city where they met the enemy a week ago with devastating firepower. This time, though, the Marines were greeted with little more than a heavy task of removing and

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