Shock. Horror. Grief. The nation watched in disbelief, Sept. 11, 2001, as planes slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
USS Somerset (LPD 25) has a very special reminder of that dark day: Her bow includes 22 tons of steel from a mining excavator present at the crash site. First responders later flew an American flag from that excavator. Somerset recently finished her maiden deployment, taking the fight back to America's enemies.
Read the whole story: http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?issue=3&id=102350
Date Taken: | 09.11.2017 |
Date Posted: | 09.11.2017 10:53 |
Category: | Package |
Video ID: | 549979 |
VIRIN: | 170911-D-RT381-760 |
Filename: | DOD_104823997 |
Length: | 00:05:28 |
Location: | SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
Downloads: | 35 |
High-Res. Downloads: | 35 |
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