[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

[Kathy in Alaska]

VIGILANT RESOLVE — U.S. Marines of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol the city streets of Fallujah, Iraq, April 5, 2004. Marines isolated the troubled city and probed into the outer fringes to root out terrorists attacking coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III

VIGILANT RESOLVE — U.S. Marines of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division patrol the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, April 5, 2004. Marines first surrounded the city, blocking avenues of escape and probed the outer perimeters of the city to root out terrorists blamed for attacking coalition forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III