Tank patrol
at Kirkuk, Iraq
Michael Abrams, ©Stars and Stripes
European
edition, Thursday, June 5, 2003
1st Lt. Wes Wilhite,
a platoon leader with 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment out of Vilseck,
Germany, keeps in contact with the rest of the platoon from the turret of his
M1A1 Abrams tank as it rolls through the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq.