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American Connections Media Outreach: Cincinnati Native Serves as “Vanguard in Peace, Spearhead in War”
![A landing craft, air cushion vehicle from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 at Little Creek Amphibious Base approaches the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) - PICRYL - Public Domain A landing craft, air cushion vehicle from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 at Little Creek Amphibious Base approaches the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) - PICRYL - Public Domain](https://cdn14.picryl.com/photo/2009/08/30/a-landing-craft-air-cushion-vehicle-from-assault-craft-unit-acu-4-at-little-d8f7f3-1024.jpg)
A landing craft, air cushion vehicle from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 at Little Creek Amphibious Base approaches the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) - PICRYL - Public Domain
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A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) enters the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). - PICRYL - Public Domain Media
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![A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU- 4), Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (VA), makes a final approach to embark aboard the USN Harpers Ferry Class Dock A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU- 4), Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (VA), makes a final approach to embark aboard the USN Harpers Ferry Class Dock](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2006/01/26/a-us-navy-usn-landing-craft-air-cushion-lcac-assault-craft-unit-4-acu-4-naval-123bbb-1024.jpg)
A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU- 4), Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (VA), makes a final approach to embark aboard the USN Harpers Ferry Class Dock
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File:US Navy 030628-N-2382W-173 Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) Hoper 27 transports the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (2nd MEB) equipment embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to Onslow Bay, N.C.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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