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A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) takes a break to read Christmas cards displayed on a bulletin board, during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

Captain (CPT) Joe Bulmer, a member of the US Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team, pilots his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a performance on their 1987 Pacific tour which encompasses nine countries and Guam

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft performs an inverted flight maneuver during a performance for the Open House Air Show, Sept. 12, 2004, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

A starboard bow view of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 30) moored at the US Naval Ship Repair Facility

A ground crewman stands ready as the Navy's first operational ES-3A Viking aircraft taxis across an apron. This aircraft is being delivered to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 5 (VQ-5)

Mr. Kiyokazu Tsuchida (left), a former World War II (WWII) Japanese Army Soldier, and US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Arthur J. Johnson, Commander, US Naval Region Marianas, meet and embrace during a ceremony commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu, held at Peleliu Island, Guam. Mr. Tsuchida, who was stationed on the island in 1944 hid in the Islands cave and jungles for nearly two years after the war ended and did not surrender to American forces until April 1947

CPT Elizabeth King, a civil engineer, displays a blueprint

Candler School of Theology Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, Dr. Noel Leo Erskine, speaks during a ceremony commemorating the 76th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Jan. 21, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Denise Iriarte-Schepp from Guam, deployed to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, paints a bookshelf for the Civil Engineer Operations tent on Sept. 3, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Corey A. Clements) (Released)

Marines load a Howitzer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Exercise SOLID SHIELD '87

Flight deck crewmen aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) move toward a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter with wheel chocks, as it touches down during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon