Taken from the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2021 Calendar. Each month
Inside page a picture of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5).
SEPTEMBER 2020
USS Essex
The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) underway off the coast of Mount Suribachi, on the island of Iwo Jima. Suribachi is the historical site where Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal took his photo of the famous U.S. flag raising, which later became one of the most famous photos of the 20th century, and an inspiration to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines fighting in the Pacific during WW II.
The Essex Forward Deployment Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) us participating in Balikatan 2006, an annual bilateral combined exercise with the Republic of the Philippines and U.S. military.
--Cooter
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