Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An AV-8B Harrier prepares to take
launch from the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS
Tarawa (LHA-1) to support ground combat operations in southern
Iraq. Tarawa is deployed with coalition forces in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to
liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by
Chief Photographer's Mate Thomas G. Daily. (RELEASED)
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