Two more civilians were killed and 14 were wounded when two parked car bombs exploded in the city of Nasiriyah, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

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In Nasiriyah Iraq, during a battle with the Saddam Fedayeen, Fonseca raced through mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire tending to wounded Marines, even carrying an injured Marine twice his size on his back for over two hundred yards to bring him to safety.

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