A color guard stands at attention as pallbearers transport a casket bearing the remains of crew members from the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a hearse. The crew members were killed in a boiler room explosion aboard the IWO JIMA during Operation Desert Shield
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD
Base: Dover Air Force Base
State: Delaware(DE)
Country: United States Of America(USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
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