28th gennaio 2003 Durante L'Operazione Enduring Freedom, l'armatura del corpo marino degli Stati Uniti su un hovercraft a bordo della USS Tortuga nel Golfo Persico.
2215 x 2953 px | 18,8 x 25 cm | 7,4 x 9,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
28 gennaio 2003
Ubicazione:
Persian Gulf
Altre informazioni:
This is inside the well deck of the USS Tortuga (LSD-46), a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, somewhere in the Persian Gulf. In the foreground are seven US Marine Corps AAV7A1 armoured amphibious personnel carriers and a military truck. Beyond them are three LCAC (Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) hovercrafts; two US Marine Corps LAV-25 amphibious armoured reconnaissance vehicles can be seen parked inside the closest LCAC. The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20th March to 1st May 2003 and signalled the start of the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States (prior to 19th March, the mission in Iraq was called Operation Enduring Freedom, a carryover from the War in Afghanistan). The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.
