the Marines of HMM-165
1983
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Off the Coast of Lebanon, September 1983
 
A "Yankee Whiskey" bird is getting ready to launch off the USS Tarawa.
 
 
 - photo courtesy of a reserve Gunny
  
 
    
 Off the Coast of Beirut, Lebanon, September 1983
 One of HMM-165's CH-46E (with mounted 50's) pulls a missions as part of the 'Peacekeeping' operations in and around Beirut.
- photo courtesy of a reserve Gunny
Off the Coast of Lebanon, SEP 1983
Off she goes...
- photo courtesy of a reserve Gunny
Here we have the typical "White Knight" tourists. Corporals Brennen and Krattli(now rumored to be a "Gunny") take advantage of their position to "capture" some of the sights as the USS Tarawa steams through the Suez Canal enroute to Lebanon in September 1983.
 
- photo courtesy of Bill Betzner


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