Members of the rifle detail from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) fire a rifle volley aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8).
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 07, 2011) Members of the rifle detail from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) fire a rifle volley aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Makin Island, the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship and the only U.S. Navy ship with a hybrid electric propulsion system, is on its first operational deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Lill) File# 111207-N-KD852-131
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pacific ocean
2011
assault ship uss makin island
rifle detail
rifle volley
marine expeditionary unit
assault ship
lhd 8
the 70
amphibious assault ship
us navy ships
uss makin island
amphibious transport dock
us navy
high resolution
japan
Date
1941
Location
PACIFIC OCEAN
Source
U.S. NAVY
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