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Jan 7, 2005

LAKE THARTHAR REGION, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Joseph Wheeler, a 20-year-old Squad Automatic Weapon gunner from Bumpass, Va. provides security for Marines with Task Force Hard. Wheeler kept post as Iraqi farm women and children wait in a group for them to finish searching their tents, June 20. The Marines searched for insurgent weapons caches for Operation Khandjar (Iraqi for dagger). The Task Force primarily involved Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and lasted from June 17 through the 22nd. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

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