[Kathy in Alaska]

VIGILANT RESOLVE — U.S. Marines in an M-1A1 tank block access along a main route leading into Fallujah, Iraq, April 5, 2004. Two battalion of Marines, reinforced with armor assets, isolated Fallujah in an effort to root out terrorist force responsible for recent attacks on coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Howard J. Farrell

VIGILANT RESOLVE — U.S. Marines of Weapons Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, dig in while they wait to go in and patrol the city of Fallujah, Iraq, March 26, 2004. Marines surrounded the Iraqi city after repeated attacks by terrorists against coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III

[Kathy in Alaska]

VIGILANT RESOLVE — A U.S. Marine from Weapons Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides security at the Highway 1 "cloverleaf" outside the city of Fallujah, Iraq, April 5, 2004. Marines took up positions around the city after repeated attacks against coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III

VIGILANT RESOLVE — U.S. Marines of Weapons Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment radio in to see if they are clear to start patrolling the city of Fallujah, Iraq, April 5, 2004. Marines set up checkpoints on all roads leading into Fallujah in an operation to isolate and root out terrorists who have been attacking coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III