
Caption: A Humvee from Louisiana's 256th Brigade is decorated as a float for a Mardi Gras parade at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. The National Guard soldiers celebrated Mardi Gras two days early so that the maximum number of soldiers could participate. The parade was followed by a meal of chicken and sausage gumbo, red beans and rice and King cake. (AP Photo/Chris Tomlinson)
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