National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

The large harbor tug WATHENA (YTB-825) maneuvers the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) while sailors man the rail as the vessel departs for the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Kwajalein_6-11-07__DI14334.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI11341.JPG]

A woman talks on the Navy commissary telephone help line to get assistance for military and civilian personnel arriving from the Philippine Islands after the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the area, disrupting base operations. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI13388.JPG]

This family has set up their cots in their room at the temporary housing in converted dorms at Andersen Air Force Base south, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka destroyed or badly damaged their homes

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI11664.JPG]

A worker uses an electric arc welder on the carcass of a of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that are being scrapped in accordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) II between the United States and the Soviet Union

World War II – Guadalcanal and Guam

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI11402.JPG]

US Navy Builder 2nd Class Robert Burig from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Port Hueneme, Calif., and members of his squad don their flak vests and gas masks during a field exercise in Guam. More than 350 USN Seabees participated in the event designed to demonstrate their abilities in combat environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Carmichael Yepez) (Released)

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