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| Keywords: US Navy 020906-N-1995M-001 USS Belleau Wood remembers Sept. 11, 2001 with special formation on flight deck.jpg en At sea with USS Belleau Wood LHA 3 Sep 6 2002 -- More than 500 Sailors and Marines assemble on the ship s flight deck to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States by spelling out the now famous quote from Mr Todd Beamer Let s Roll Beamer was one of the heroic passengers on United Flight 93 which crashed in a western Pennsylvania field after he and several other passengers attempted to regain control of the plane from terrorist hijackers Many believe the terrorists were heading for Washington D C Currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom the 40 000-ton amphibious assault ship is the lead element of a three-ship Amphibious Readiness Group ARG The ship carries a crew of 1 000 Sailors and more than 1 300 Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable based at Camp Pendleton Calif The ship can use a combination of helicopters AV-8B Harrier II vertical launch attack aircraft and amphibious landing craft to send and support Marines ashore during combat and humanitarian operations U S Navy photo by Chief Photographer s Mate Steven L Cooke RELEASED 2002-09-06 020906-N-1995M-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2597 U S Navy photo by Chief Photographer s Mate Steven L Cooke PD-USGov-Military-Navy General views of USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 Aircraft carrier crews spelling out messages on flight decks First anniversary of the September 11 2001 attacks Taken with Canon EOS D30 Original upload log page en wikipedia Uss_belleau_wood_lets_roll jpg 2007-08-01 07 27 Chimi1022 1200×606× 101770 bytes <nowiki>US Navy photo taken during deployment of USS BELLEAU WOOD LHA 3 from 6/15/02-12/15/02 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Image was originally attached to the official US Navy site for the ship but as the ship has since been decommissioned the </nowiki> | ||||
