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US Marines – Dahaneh, Helmand, Afghanistan

August 18, 2009 - 4:22 PM | by: Mal James

Golf Company 2/3 Marines “Operation Eastern Resolve 2″ , in temperatures in excess of 120 degrees, US Marines have been engaged in a battle to oust the Taliban in Dahaneh, Northern Helmand Province. Fox News Photographer Mal James, has just completed an embed with Correspondent Greg Palkot and files this Photo Essay of the bravery and courage of Golf Company. Images lifted from Fox Exclusive Video.

Photo Gallery
Initial Contact, and a storehouse burns behind the Gunner
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  • Initial Contact, and a storehouse burns behind the Gunner
  • Shotgun diplomacy, compound to compound Golf Company searches for Taliban
  • A bullet narrowly misses a Marine, the doorway is sanctuary
  • Deadly Assault, from the Roof of the Compound, Golf Co.
  • Incoming fire, the puff of dust is a Taliban Bullet hitting inches from a Marine
  • A Taliban RPG passes between two US Marine MRAP Vehicles and impacts on the hillside
  • A Taliban stronghold is the target of a J Dam Bomb, dropped from the sky.
  • Between assaults, a US Marine pours water down his neck in attempt to cool down, Temperature 125 Degrees
  • Doc, at the end of the first day. Doc close to exhaustion takes a break.
  • 6 Miles away, Golf Company fire salvos of 105 Mortars
  • Photographer Mal James sits amongst the ruins trying to edit a story, after an explosion rips through his workspace inside the Compound
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