A Marine platoon's raid and early discoveries inside Iraq

Friday, March 28, 2003

NEAR AZ ZUBAYR, Iraq -- In the beginning, the 300 men that make up the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Echo Company expected they would be among the very first U.S. troops to cross the border, "at the tip of the spear."

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