Bataan (LHD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 2007

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The Bataan Death March began on April 9, 1942, and lasted more than a Week. It Was an atrocity committed by the Japanese that forcibly transferred prisoners of War QPOWJ to different POW camps. The POWs endured a Wide range of abuse throughout the march, resulting in the deaths of about 18,000 prisoners. USS Bataan QLHD 55 is the second naval Warship named for the Bataan Peninsula events of World War ll. USS Bataan CCVL 295 Was an Independence-class small aircraft carrier that Was commissioned in November 1943. In October 1945, after the surrender of Japan, CVL-29 retumed home after her time in the Pacific and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She helped transfer service members home from overseas. CVL-29 was decommissioned in February 1947. 6

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. 0 V yh . ,, . V QA ..4 , .,, , ,V. , ,, A , ,, ,,, ,n .NV , UKV M ., fy AVH, A I V 4, K A The keel was laid on LHD-5 June 22, l994, and she Was commissioned Sept. 20, l997. As the fifth ship ofthe WASP-class multi-purpose amphibious assault ships, Bataan's mission is to enable the Navy and Marine Corps team to accomplish a seamless transition Ci . .from the seal' to the land battle. Bataan has participated in Gperation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom I and II, While supporting combat operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq. During OIF II, January-March 2004, the creW's mission Was to offload Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force C2 MEFJ, along With their equipment and ammunition, into Kuwait in order to help stabilize Iraq. In 2005, Bataan was the first U.S. Navy ship present after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. 7 ig . 'Maw Q

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