Portraits, 3rd prize
Lucian Read
World Picture Network
World Picture Network
23 September, 2005
Lance Corporal Samuel Severtsgaart (20) of Genenseo, Illinois. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.
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