At midnight on July 1, more troops rolled across the border in trucks - heading for their barracks, where they have remained ever since.
On Monday morning, the troops rolled into the center of town and were initially greeted with cheers.
Baghdad reported crushing allied ground attacks, with allied troops "rolling in their blood and shame."
The next year, German troops rolled in and occupied Lithuania for four years.
Such ideas deserve a full discussion, something the United States has not had since its troops first rolled into Iraq.
Townspeople say they thought then that some calm might be possible as troops rolled in and the guerrillas melted back into the jungle.
The heaviness began lifting, especially when the Israeli troops rolled out of southern Lebanon last May.
Their uncle had been recovering from heart surgery in a Kuwaiti hospital when Iraqi troops rolled across the tiny sheikdom.
The Voion colonel, seeing the tribesmen in confusion, barked an order; his troops rolled forward through the fields, clubs ready.
He talked to his family just before the war started and American and British troops rolled north.