PhotoID: 200432471011
Submitted by: 1st Marine Division
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Caption:
From left to right, Army Lt. Gen. Thomas F.
Metz, Army Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., and Marine Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis stand at attention during a relief in place ceremony here March 20. Metz, commander of the U.S.
Army's 3rd Corps, presided over the ceremony where Mattis, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, formally relieved Swannack, commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. The 82nd Airborne Division served here throughout the past year. In all, nearly 20,000 Marines will work closely with the Iraqi people conducting security and stabilization
operations in order to turn over full power of Iraq to its citizens.
(Official USMC photo by Cpl. Paula M. Fitzgerald)
Photo by: Cpl. Paula M. Fitzgerald
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Date the Photo was taken:04/20/2004 This Image has been cleared for release. |
