see more

A female US soldier stands mans a machine gun on a vehicle during clashes in Mosul 13 June 2003. A US soldier was critically wounded as fierce clashes broke in Iraq's northern capital between US troops and Iraqi gunmen. "Our soldier is in very bad shape, full of shrapnel," Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley told AFP. (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

A female US soldier stands mans a machine gun on a vehicle during clashes in Mosul 13 June 2003. A US soldier was critically wounded as fierce clashes broke in Iraq's northern capital between US troops and Iraqi gunmen. "Our soldier is in very bad shape, full of shrapnel," Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley told AFP.  (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)