Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (May 6, 2003) -- Marines return to the multi-purpose
amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) from Iraq. The
Marines are among the very first to return to Kearsarge after 81 days
ashore. They will be joined by more than 1,500 other
members of the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2-MEB).
Kearsarge is deployed to the Arabian Gulf 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 Photographer's Mate Airman
Apprentice Finley Williams. (RELEASED)
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