Images: General Franks Visits Baghdad
Members of General Tommy Franks component commanders in the theater meet for the first time inside a former palace of Saddam Husseins on Wednesday, April16, 2003. It was General Franks' first visit to the Baghdad area and one week after the capitol city fell to US and Coalition Forces. Photo by Karen Ballard/Corbis Sygma
Upon landing at the newly named
"Baghdad International Airport" General Tommy Franks shows a
sign of appreciation to troops on the ground as he was
welcomed to Baghdad for the first time on Wednesday, April
6, 2003. Photo by Karen Ballard/Corbis Sygma
US Commander General Tommy
Franks visits a former palace of Saddam Hussein near Baghdad
on Wednesday, April 6, 2003, one week after Baghdad fell to
the hands of the US ande Coalition Forces. Photo by Karen
Ballard/Corbis Sygma
US Commander General Tommy
Franks and Brigadier General James Schwitters take a walk
though a former palace of Saddam Hussein's while that visted
the area near Baghdad for the first time on Wednesday, April
16, 2003. Photo by Karen Ballard/Corbis
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