[PAR] [TLE] Ray L. Smith [SEP] Ray L. Smith is a retired United States Marine Corps major general.  Smith is a highly decorated Marine who has commanded infantry units at all levels.  His awards received for service in combat during the Vietnam War include the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. MajGen Smith retired from the Marine Corps in 1999 after almost 34 years of service.  In 2003, after nearly four years of retirement, Smith went to Iraq with the 1st Marine Division; and penned an eyewitness account of the march from Kuwait to Baghdad — "The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division." [PAR] [TLE] 2003 invasion of Iraq [SEP] The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signalled the start of the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States (prior to 19 March, the mission in Iraq was called Operation Enduring Freedom, a carryover from the War in Afghanistan).  The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.  The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally fought war which included the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American forces with the implicit assistance of the United Kingdom, alongside Australia and Poland.
[PAR] [TLE] Ray L. Smith [ SEP ] Ray L. Smith is a retired United States Marine Corps major general . Smith is a highly decorated Marine who has commanded infantry units at all levels . His awards received for service in combat during the Vietnam War include the Navy Cross , two Silver Stars , the Bronze Star , and three Purple Hearts . MajGen Smith retired from the Marine Corps in 1999 after almost 34 years of service . In 2003 , after nearly four years of retirement , Smith went to Iraq with the 1st Marine Division ; and penned an eyewitness account of the march from Kuwait to Baghdad — " The March Up : Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division . " [PAR] [TLE] 2003 invasion of Iraq [ SEP ] The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signalled the start of the Iraq War , which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States ( prior to 19 March , the mission in Iraq was called Operation Enduring Freedom , a carryover from the War in Afghanistan ) . The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations , in which a combined force of troops from the United States , the United Kingdom , Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein . The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally fought war which included the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American forces with the implicit assistance of the United Kingdom , alongside Australia and Poland .
The 2003 march from Kuwait to Baghdad signalled the start of what war?
The 2003 march from Kuwait to Baghdad signalled the start of what war ?
the Iraq War
the Iraq War