U.S. Marines patrol deserts around base in Afghanistan

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN -- An American flag flew over an Afghan airstrip Tuesday as more and more U.S. Marines landed in their desert foothold near the Taliban's last bastion.

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