Personnel depart from two Marine UH-1N Iroquois helicopters on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as it lies anchored off the coast of North Carolina near Morehead City. The NASSAU is embarking Marine units that it will carry to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield

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Personnel depart from two Marine UH-1N Iroquois helicopters on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as it lies anchored off the coast of North Carolina near Morehead City. The NASSAU is embarking Marine units that it will carry to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Kissling

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

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Date

11/01/1991

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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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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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