050406-N-2970T-070 Sasebo, Japan (Apr. 6, 2005) Ð Andrew Bond is interviewed by Japanese media as he holds his daughter for the first time during the homecoming celebration for the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex returned from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Global War on Terrorism and Operation Unified Assistance, the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia following the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Marvin E. Thompson Jr. (RELEASED) US Navy 050406-N-2970T-070 Andrew Bond is int


050406-N-2970T-070 Sasebo, Japan (Apr. 6, 2005) Ð Andrew Bond is interviewed by Japanese media as he holds his daughter for the first time during the homecoming celebration for the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex returned from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Global War on Terrorism and Operation Unified Assistance, the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia following the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Marvin E. Thompson Jr. (RELEASED) US Navy 050406-N-2970T-070 Andrew Bond is interviewed by Japanese media as he holds his daughter for the first time


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