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Mick R. Bekowsky, 21
Marines, Corporal
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
September 6, 2004
Fallouja (9 mi. north of),
Iraq
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One woman gave him a scarf from her head she no longer had to wear. The children ... came out and greeted them with open arms. He really believed, 'They need us.' He knew when he was going back the second time that things were different.
— Brian Bekowsky, father, talking about welcome son got when Marines first went into Iraq
Bekowsky's unit was among the first to cross into Iraq in 2003. His battalion hoisted an American flag at the port of Umm Qasr, but was ordered to bring it down shortly after.
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