Two sailors watch from a catwalk as a utility landing craft loaded with Marines backs out of the well deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) while the ship lies at anchor off the coast of North Carolina. The Marines are departing the NASSAU after beinbg deployed aboard the ship for nearly eight months. During that time, the sailors and Marines of the NASSAU were involved in Operation Sharp Edge in Liberia and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf region
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Created Date | 1991-04-01 |
Description | The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMSHARP EDGE Base: Onslow Bay State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public |
Creator | Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994- |
Partner | National Archives and Records Administration |
Contributing Institution | National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesNational Archives at College Park - Still Pictures |
Type | image |
Format | Magnetic Disk Magnetic Disk: Hard Drive |
URL | http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6468847 |
Rights | Unrestricted |