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A CH-53D Sea Stallion speeds its way over a Haitian village to an objective as part of a weapons seizure at Grande Riviere during Operation Uphold Democracy

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Marines load seized weapons into a CH-53 helicopter. The weapons were confiscated in the Haitian town of Grande Riviere Du Nord during Operation Uphold Democracy

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Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY

Base: Cap Haitien

Country: Haiti (HTI)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (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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26/09/1994
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Left side view of CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter in use during Operation URGENT FURY

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HUD Section 3 Business Registry Launch at the Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C., with HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) John Trasvina, FHEO Economic Opportunity Division Director Staci Gilliam, HUD Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Marvin Turner, D.C. Delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton, California Congresswomen Judy Chu and Maxine Waters, Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Small Business Administration's Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program Director Grande Lum, and D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development Director John Hall among the speakers

Members of a crash/fire rescue squad move a patient away from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter following a simulated helicopter crash. The squad members are wearing proximity suits

A huddle of Marines with India Company, 3rd. Battalion 8th Marines await the landing of a CH-53 E. HMH-466 "The Wolfpack" from Tustin, Ca., supported the Mountain Warfare Training Center with helicopter capabilities. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center where they receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare

U.S. Army personnel, dressed in combat gear with weapons, from the 3/15 Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, wait in a grassy area to board a helicopter at Port au Prince International Airport, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is in the background. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide

Using a CH-53 Sea Stallion on a small island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, US Marine Corps (USMC) pilots of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-367 (HMLA-367) and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-466 (HMH-466), conduct a joint training exercise in order to enhance day and night proficiency in the tactic of inserting and extracting fire teams from a hostile and aggressive landing zone

A right front view of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands behind it during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

A Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion from helicopter squadron HMH 466 flies to USS TARAWA (LHA 1) while deployed on the ship for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Aviation Machinists Mate 3rd Class (AD3) Julian Sevilla (left) and AD3 Wendy Day, HC-4 "Black Stallions" Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, US Naval Air Station, Cigonella, Italy, perform a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter parked on the NATO pad, Aviano Air Base, Italy

Four Marines who provide security around the airfield for Operation Uphold Democracy at Cap Haitien, Haiti, pose for a picture. They are (left to right) LCpl Kirby, CPL Hughes, CPL Allan, and LCpl Palacios. Kirby, Hughes and Allan are from 2/2 TOW Platoon, and Palacios is from Bravo 1/10

American and Korean members of a joint services honor guard salute as pallbearers carry a flag-draped coffin toward a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The coffin contains the body of one of the 19 Marines from Co. C., 1ST Bn., 5th Marines, who were killed in the crash of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during the joint U.S./Korean exercise Team Spirit '89

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