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A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, sits on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) as Sailors watch another 33rd RQS helicopter is refueled on the ship during ship deck landing qualification training during typhoon relief operations in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2004. The helicopters landed on the ship after their last relief supply run at Quezon Province, Philippines. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, receives fuel aboard the U.S. Navy Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) during ship deck landing qualification training during typhoon relief operations in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2004. The helicopters landed on the ship after their last relief supply run at Quezon Province, Philippines. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

Two U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopters from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, land on the U.S. Navy Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) during ship deck landing qualification training during typhoon relief operations in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2004. The helicopters landed on the ship after their last relief supply run at Quezon Province, Philippines. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, based at Marine Corps Air Station, Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, flies over Quezon Province, Philippines during typhoon relief operations on Dec. 14, 2004. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF photo by: MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines and Philippine military personnel load relief supplies on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, during typhoon relief operations at Clark Airfield, Philippines on Dec. 13, 2004. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines load relief supplies on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, during typhoon relief operations at Clark Airfield, Philippines on Dec. 13, 2004. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis)

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, transport personnel assisting in the typhoon relief operations at Clark Airfield, Philippines on Dec. 13, 2004. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) watch as an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 transfers supplies over from the Military Sealift Command Combat Stores Ship USNS SAN JOSE (T-AFS 7) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 30, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jarod Hodge) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) watch as an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 transfers supplies over from the Military Sealift Command Combat Stores Ship USNS SAN JOSE (T-AFS 7) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 30, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jarod Hodge) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors watch as a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, lands on the Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) during ship deck landing qualification training during typhoon relief operations in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2004. The helicopters landed on the ship after their last relief supply run at Quezon Province, Philippines. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

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Base: USS Fort Mchenry (LSD 43)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Attending the launching of the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) are (left to right): Commander (CDR) W. Cassedy, resident manager, dock landing ship program; CDR R. Matsushima, director of contracts; Captain (CAPT) W. McCann Jr., Naval Sea Systems Command; Rep H. Bentley, D-Maryland; Rear Admiral (RADM) L. Severance, commander, Naval Base, Seattle; Major General (MGEN) A.K. Lukeman, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; Rear Admiral (RDML) H.K. Fiske, Naval Sea Systems Command; Rear Admiral (RDML) J.J. Higginson, commanding officer, Amphibious Group Three

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