Second Lieutenant Austin P. Adams, platoon commander for 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, kneels down in front of a warriors memorial in honor of Staff Sgt. Ramon E. Gonzales Cordova, and pays his final respects during a memorial ceremony here.

Marines and Sailors with Camp Pendleton, Calif., -based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines mourned the loss of 31-year-old GonzalesCordova, former platoon sergeant for Company C's 2nd Platoon, who fell on Ramadi's urban battlefield Aug. 8 while fighting terror. He was from San Pedro, Honduras and leaves behind his wife, Joselyn, and son, Sergio.

Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan

Corporal Richard C. Hughes, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-461 crew chief, pushes a New Orleans resident toward a waiting medical technician at the New Orleans International Airport during Joint Task Force Katrina.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon M. Gale

MOBILE, Ala. - Lt. J.G. Shay Williams, of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, carries a small child from the Superdome in New Orleans into a rescue helicopter today.

 The Coast Guard continues to rescue survivors of Hurricane Katrina and transport them to safer areas.

U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

Master Gunnery Sgt. Paul L. Atherton, 48, the 5th Civil Affairs Group, Detachment 4 chief, receives his fourth Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal from Lt. Col. Tim Mundy, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2. The Bloomsburg, Pa., native received the medal for his actions during Operation Matador in May.

Photo by: Maj. Vince Sumang