A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to fire his M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

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A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to fire his M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

01/06/1990

place

Location

-14.59941, -28.67315

Google Map of -14.5994134, -28.6731465

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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