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U.S. Marine engineers prepare to destroy artillery shells.
U.S. Marine engineers prepare to destroy artillery shells found in an old ammunition supply point near Hit, Iraq, on Jan. 23, 2006. Destroying the ordnance will deny their use in improvised explosive devices by insurgents. The Marines are assigned to Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.