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Submitted by: 13th MEU Operation/Exercise/Event: 13th MEU Deployment Caption: Aboard the USS Tarawa (LHA-1), a 21-gun salute is fired in honor of the Marines and Sailors who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the assault on Tarawa in November 1943. The ceremony was one of two conducted Aug. 29, by 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and ships of Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group, and the force steamed past the Tarawa Atoll. The 13th MEU(SOC) is currently on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf. |
A Marine Corps flag stands watch as a silent sentinel of the recent destruction at the Pentagon.