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A PERSONAL IRAQ

A look at the war from soldiers themselves. These photos were taken from various personal websites and from an article in GQ Magazine.

 

 

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11.13.2004 // Sergeant Luis R. Agostini // Fallujah // Agostini and his Marine unit spent November 2004's Fallujah offensive jumping from rooftop to rooftop, sometimes with one hundred pounds of gear on their backs. "As soon as you sit down, you start saying, 'These houses are filthy' or 'I'm tired' or 'I can't wait till this is over,' " he says. After a twenty-minute breather, they were back out in the streets, kicking down doors.

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