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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine stands at attention after placing a wreath on an artillery piece, at a dedication ceremony for an artillery gun park in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC). The park was named after USMC Private First Class (PFC) Harold C. Agerholm, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II for action against Japanese forces on Saipan and rescuing forty-five casualties under heavy enemy fire

Four United States Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCUs) (1610 type) from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) at sea. The Saipan carries four LCUs during a deployment. Mediterranean Sea, 9 August 2000

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Aviation Boatswains Mate 3rd Class (AB3) Santos hauls a fuel hose across the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

An aerial view of ships anchored. The ships are, from front to back, the Spanish ship DEDALO (PA-01), the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1)and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the foreground is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). In the background are, from left: the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

U.S. Navy GUNNER's Mate Third Class Juan Gonzales uses a 7.62 mm M14 rifle to fire a line from the deck of his ship, the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196), to the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during underway replenishment operations between the two ships in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 1, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (Navy photo By Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

A Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). Four other Sea Knights are also visible

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) enjoy the view as their ship sails through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Sept. 2, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

ABOARD USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)....A Navy RADM, right, and a Marine officer brief news correspondents in the wardroom aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

LCDR Miguel Fernandez, liaison officer for Spanish Destroyer Squadron 21, and CAPT J. W. Renard, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) talk together aboard the SAIPAN. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81, a joint U.S. and Spanish naval exercise

US Navy (USN) GUNNER's Mate Second Class (GM2) Benjamin Clark (background), observes as USN Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Herbert Banks, fires a 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, during weapons qualifications aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), while the ship is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean