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An overhead view of the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) taken from a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter as it flies over the ship. The SAIPAN is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean en route to her new homeport of Norfolk, Virginia (VA), after a successful 91-day deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). (SUBSTANDARD)

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to fire their M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Artwork: "POW Amputee," Saipan, July 1944- Artist: Robert Benney

A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopter lifts off from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

Starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA)

Artwork: "The Wounded," Saipan, June 1944- Artist: Robert Benney

The Soviet Moma class intelligence collection ship ARKHIPELAG observes the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2), background, during NATO Exercise Northern Wedding '86

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) and the M16A2 rifle

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during maritime interdiction operations

A starboard view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during maritime interdiction operations

Starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA)

MCPO Charles Cartwright holds the urn containing the remains of CDR Harold Schwartz during burial at sea services aboard the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST-1191), anchored off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Schwartz served as a doctor assigned to the Paratroop Battalion, 1ST Marine Division and took part in combat operations on Guadalcanal, the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands and Okinawa during World War II