Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane (center), platoon gunnery sergeant from Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, and another member of 1/8 pull a fatally wounded Marine to safety while under fire during Operation Al Fajr.

Original Caption: "Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 9, 2004) - Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane (center), platoon Gunnery Sergeant assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, and another member of 1/8, recover a fatally wounded Marine, Sergeant Lonny Wells, while under fire during Operation Al Fajr. Seconds later Shane was wounded by enemy fire. Operation Al Fajr was an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continued security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joel A. Chaverri."
Photographing Fallujah