U.S. Army Captain Twila Peterson sits on a dirt mound as a CH-47 Chinook takes off. Chinooks are used to shuttle personnel and equipment from Camp Doha and Camp Udairi. (Kevin P. Casey / LAT)
Two Chinooks land on a road near a “tactical assembly area.” (Kevin P. Casey / LAT)
U.S. Navy medical officers stitch up the head of an Iraqi who had a shrapnel wound above his eye. The doctors attempted to provide medical aid in the towns south of Baghdad that had seen fighting. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
A planned explosion south of Baghdad destroys an Iraqi armored personnel carrier left behind by fleeing soldiers. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
Iraqis wave a white flag as they pass a U.S. military convoy in southern Iraq. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
