A Civilian Casualty in Afghanistan

Firefight
On July 28, while on patrol with Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in northern Marjah in Afghanistan, photographer Adam Ferguson heard gunfire interrupt the rural silence. "Marines screamed, 'Incoming!' and dived behind mud walls to establish fighting positions," Ferguson says.

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