 As American troops got closer, the soldiers were shuffled from building to building.The Iraqi captors worked feverishly to stay one step ahead of the advancing units.As it became clear that the war was over for the Iraqis, some of their captors approached a Marine unit from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Delta Co., 3rd Platoon which was a part of Task Force Tripoli that had been pushing up toward Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown.