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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. |
Colonel Christopher J. Gunther, commanding officer, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), speaks Aug. 29 during a wreath-laying ceremony aboard USS Tarawa. Marines and Sailors of 13th MEU(SOC) and Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group conducted the ceremony to commemorate the battle of Tarawa in November 1943. The 13th MEU(SOC) is currently on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf. 