20 years since the fall of Baghdad - Coastal Courier

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20 years since the fall of Baghdad

Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division unfurl the American flag from atop their tank in downtown Baghdad in April 2003. File photo courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

american flag — Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division unfurl the American flag from atop their tank in downtown Baghdad in April 2003. File photo courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FORT STEWART – It had been 20 years since Scott Rutter led these same men through Iraq and into Baghdad, fighting sandstorms, Iraqi soldiers and irregulars and the wear and tear that comes from 300 miles on the road in three weeks.

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