On May 5, the task force was recalled due to a lack of activity on the border and proceeded to return to Al Diwaniyah.
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On May 3, each LAR battalion independently left the 1st Marine Division's assembly area in Al Diwaniyah and moved out to their individual staging areas.
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As part of Task Force Tripoli, the battalion advanced further north, ultimately securing former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.
Once Baghdad was largely secure, Golf Company and a CAAT section from Weapons Company were then selected to be a part of Task Force Tripoli, which was the Marine vanguard into Tikrit.
Following the seizure of Baghdad, Company D and the AT-TOW Platoon supported Task Force Tripoli and their movement into Tikrit.
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.