The ambush occurred Thursday against Marines from Regimental Combat Team 8, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marine unit has suffered some of the highest casualties of the Iraq war. The unit's ...

His mother holds a photo of her oldest son, Shigera Hirano, a U.S. Army sergeant who was serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The family was first held for three months at the Salinas ...