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New video shows invasion of Iraq | 20 years later

Written By 11Alive on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 | 06:57 PM

 
When thousands of United States troops from Georgia’s Fort Stewart and Fort Benning invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, one was an Army specialist with a camcorder, Robert Ayres. Ayres was an infantryman deployed at a makeshift camp in the Kuwaiti desert a few weeks earlier called Camp Pennsylvania. As Army troops ramped up to cross the nearby Iraqi border, he trained his camcorder on some of his comrades-in-arms. Read more about Aryres mission: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/new-video-georgia-soldiers-shows-iraq-invasion-20-years-ago/85-dee26009-83ea-4cb9-87c3-e7f282612745 11Alive is Where Atlanta Speaks. We believe that news shouldn’t be a one-way conversation, but a dialogue with you. Join in, share your thoughts and connect with new perspectives.  Subscribe to 11Alive for exclusive content: http://bit.ly/11AliveSubscribe   Download our 11Alive News app: https://interactive.11alive.com/appredirect/   Follow 11Alive on Social:   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/11Alive/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/11AliveNews  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/11Alive/