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U.S. Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville transport a U.S. citizen in Beruit, Lebanon, onto a Landing Craft Utility for transport to the ship, July 20, 2006.

Leaving Lebanon

U.S. Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville transport a U.S. citizen in Beruit, Lebanon, onto a Landing Craft Utility for transport to the ship, July 20, 2006.

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