TULSA, Oklahoma. Two Oklahoma Marines are being credited with helping save the life of a seriously ill Iraqi baby in a mission that left one of the Marines dead and the other seriously wounded..

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq  - For Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Santa Clause doesn't have a belly or wear a red coat. Santa is lean and wears a flak and Kevlar helmet.

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and ham are on most families' Thanksgiving menu. Marines and sailors assigned to "America's Battalion" got all that and more, thanks to the officers and staff noncommissioned officers.

FUHAYLAT, Iraq  - Marines assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 rescued one hostage and uncovered two partially buried caches Nov. 28 while conducting a show of force in Fuhaylat, Iraq.

CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq  - Marines of 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment paused to honor a man who gave his life for the cost of freedom.

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Two Humvees, a pair of 7-ton armored trucks topped with gun turrets and a tow truck swing onto what has been dubbed Route Michigan, rolling toward sunset in the Sunni Triangle into one of the world's worst killing zones.

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - The hunted just became the hunters.

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq  - "Adrenaline rush" doesn't describe what it's like to stand next to a tank as it fires. It's as if Thor, Norse god of thunder, got his Viking shorts in a bunch because someone makes a noise louder than him, so he grabs hold of the adrenal glands and squeezes for all he's worth.

FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Marines from Personnel Security Detachment, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 24th Marine Regiment, apprehended two suspected insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq Nov 20.