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English:
HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – A Marine with Weapons Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sprints down the line of heavy machine guns to deliver a map after a firefight with Taliban insurgents Feb. 9 at the “Five Points” intersection, a key junction of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province. Marines of Charlie Co. conducted a helicopter-borne assault earlier that morning to seize the area. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)
Deutsch:
US Marines des 1. Bataillons, 3. Marineinfanterieregiment nahe Mardscha, Afghanistan, vier Tage vor Beginn der Operation Muschtarak.
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| Date | Taken on 9 February 2010 |
| Source | http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/2ndmeb/_layouts/imagemeta.aspx?image=http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/2ndmeb/PublishingImages/NewsStoryImages/2010/100209-M-2934T-0224.jpg |
| Author | Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill |
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