File:USS Saipan (LHA-2).jpg
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Summary
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Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke |
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English: Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1643 pulls away from the SAIPAN's well deck during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces |
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| Date | 1 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National Archives Identifier: 6457971 Local Identifier: 330-CFD-DN-ST-90-11351.jpeg |
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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6457971 https://nara.getarchive.net/media/two-lcm-8-mechanized-landing-craft-approach-the-amphibious-assault-ship-uss-2809ac |
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| 23:13, 5 May 2006 |  | 640 × 436 (45 KB) | Schlendrian | http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1990/Navy/DN-ST-90-11351.JPG Released to Public ID: DNST9011355 Service Depicted: Joint Forces Command Shown: N0795 A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lift |
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