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In early 2003 photographer and war correspondent Jim Bartlett caught up with a fighting battalion from the 101st Airborne as they fought their way into Iraq. 3/187th Infantry proved to be a very capable unit, both in war and in peace. From their battle to take the final strong points around Baghdad International Airport, to bringing good will and rebirth to Iraqi neighborhoods, the officers and men of the battalion demonstrated abilities few units had been called on to exercise at that point. Through the lens and pen, this is their story.