Word: 1st
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...Lowy is covering his first war. He's learning fast. Riding with the 1st Brigade of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, he was traveling north last week with hundreds of military vehicles in a ground-assault convoy (GAC). Alongside 15 soldiers, Lowy was in a troop carrier moving through stifling desert mornings and nights so cold that the men sometimes used plastic bottles of their own urine as hand warmers. "When I get out of here," he says, "I'm going to make up a T shirt that says I SURVIVED...
Heading north on Iraqi Highway 1 last week, Hill was traveling with the 1st Marine Division when his convoy was ambushed by Iraqis who had dug themselves into trenches along the side of the road, then fired on the line of vehicles when it came within range. The Marines returned fire, killing some of the Iraqi attackers. "Whatever advantage technology offers," says Hill, "it will be the spirit of those who fight that will set the tone for this...
Traveling with the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marine Division, Nickelsberg was also moving north last week, transmitting his pictures by satellite phone whenever his convoy came to an occasional halt. When the Marines secured the town of At Tahrir, about 100 miles south of Baghdad, Nickelsberg followed as they went house to house, rounding up high-profile civilians for questioning. "They also entered the local police station," he says, "and removed the police...
...some images of war that stick with you forever - even ones that have nothing to do with combat. For the first four days in and around An Najaf, I was constantly following the action, as firefights and pitched battles sprung up in different parts of town. Now, as the 1st Brigade awaits orders to move further north, there is time to stop following the warriors and think about the people of An Najaf...
...Later in the morning the Brigade displaced its headquarters to the sight of some of the fiercest fighting on the 1st day. In one of the abandoned residences, now occupied by American soldiers, there are hundreds of photographs scattered about the floor. They show weddings, children playing, family gatherings and all of the happy moments that a family has shared. In the corner, there are children's toys piled in with most of the family wardrobe. From the room next-door soldiers carried out automatic weapons and mortars left by the paramilitary forces who had tossed out the family...