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U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. W.P. Ybarra plays with a young Iraqi.
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. W.P. Ybarra plays with a young Iraqi while his fellow Marines provide food and water to the family during a patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 16, 2004. The Marines are patrolling Fallujah as part of Operation al Fajr (New Dawn). Ybarra is assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Fleet Marine Force.