Platoon patrols through danger on a dreary day

BAGHDAD -- The men of First Lieutenant Michael Anderson's platoon thought their Christmas Day patrol would be easy: just drive through town and photograph pictures of friendly local leaders for a guidebook to hand to the company that would be soon taking over their sector of southwestern Baghdad. (Full article: 879 words)

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