Marine in historic war photo identified

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On April 9, 2003, as a tow chain pulled down the larger-than-life statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, news photographers captured one of the most iconic moments of the Iraq war.

Two similar versions of the same photo — taken by photographers from Reuters and the Associated Press — were plastered on the front page of newspapers across the world, symbolizing the end of the invasion. In each, a gritty-looking Marine in the foreground eyes the crowd and the statue. Captions accompanying the photos didn't include his name.

Now, on the fourth anniversary of the statue's fall, Marine Corps Timeshas identified and located the mystery Marine. He's back in Iraq.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...ar-photo_N.htm