April 7: U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion yell to infantrymen to rush across a damaged bridge that leads into Baghdad. With its repair job and dramatic on-foot push across the Tigris, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines became the first Marines to penetrate the Iraqi capital.
Kuni Takahashi
Boston Herald
Published April 7, 2003
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