Standing Tall

A 1st Cavalry Division Soldier clutches his U.S. flag and certificate of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony held on Veterans Day in 2009 at Camp Victory's Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq. Nearly 160 Soldiers and Marines, representing 60 countries, became America's newest citizens that day.

Photo by Lee Craker Multi-National Corp-Iraq Public Affairs Office
Image courtesy of the Dept. of the Army archives
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