Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 8, 2003) -- Aboard
the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), a 54
caliber MK-45 five-inch lightweight gun provides surface combatants
accurate naval gunfire against fast, highly maneuverable surface
targets, air threats and shore targets during amphibious operations.
Donald Cook is deployed conducting missions in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is 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 Journalist Alan J. Baribeau. (RELEASED)
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