Soon, they launched an armored advance throughout the city streets. And as the column pressed on into the center, the soldiers on the highway struggled to distinguish friend from foe.
But then, the smooth advance that would become known as the Thunder Run took an unexpected turn for the worse…Eventually, the troops stopped a car on its tracks and found it was carrying an Iraqi Army Colonel who turned out to be the head of logistics for the Baghdad sector. This gave them hope - their strategy was working! Confident, the formation kept moving forward relatively unopposed on their way to the Baghdad International Airport.
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