Keywords: US Navy 030402-D-0000B-001 U.S. Marines 1st Sgt. Bruce Cole, 1st Lt. James Uwins and Gunnery Sgt. Bill Hale.jpg en Landstuhl Germany April 2 2003 -- From left U S Marine 1st Sgt Bruce Cole from the 5th Marine Regiment headquartered at Camp Pendleton Calif U S Marine 1st Lt James Uwins from the 2nd Battalion 8th Marines headquartered at Camp Lejeune N C and U S Marine Gunnery Sgt Bill Hale also from the 2nd Battalion 8th Marines answer questions from the international media during a press conference held at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center All three Marines were wounded in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo courtesy of Mr Hans Braun RELEASED 2003-04-02 030402-D-0000B-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6260 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Landstuhl Regional Medical Center |