How Iraq war still impacts lives of American Marines and families 20 years later

Amna Nawaz:

Tonight, we begin a series looking back at the U.S. invasion of Iraq 20 years later.

The attacks began March 20, 2003, in a thunderous hail of airstrikes on Baghdad. Soon, American troops would race across the desert from Kuwait toward the Iraqi capital.

Special correspondent Mike Cerre was embedded with the Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, known as Fox 2/5. They would help take Baghdad and return to Iraq on subsequent deployments. Mike has stayed in touch with many of those Marines and their families.

And, tonight. he begins our coverage, which will stretch over the coming weeks, with this look at Fox 2/5 then and now.

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