The guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) passes a memorial built in recognition of the defense of the Suez Canal from 1914-1918 while transiting the Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (Apr. 26, 2003) The guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) passes a memorial built in recognition of the defense of the Suez Canal from 1914-1918 while transiting the Suez Canal. Mitscher is one of the many warships supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau. File# 030426-N-6141B-017