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The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams
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A Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1664) from the USS NASSAU (LHA-4) carries vehicles and US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) ashore in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1664) from the USS NASSAU (LHA-4) carries M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) ashore in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A Landing Craft Utility 1664 (LCU-1664) from the USS NASSAU (LHA-4), foreground, carries two M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) ashore in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), wait in line for chow aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Navy Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1663, from the Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) [not shown], underway with load of US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24 MEU), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), headed toward shore
US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), arrange their High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), aboard the US Navy (USN) Anchorage Class, USS ANCHORAGE (LSD36), with the aid of USN personnel
US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), beach their Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and off-load US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), in support of CARAT
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Sundell from Headquarters Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division guides a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) onto a flatbed trailer for movement to Camp Pendleton, California, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine with the 24th Services Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), uses a Rough Terrain Forklift to upload munitions cases onto a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Utility (LCU) on the beach at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) from the USS NASSAU (LHA-4) carries vehicles and US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) ashore in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachary A. Bathon, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.
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