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PERSIAN GULF (April 18, 1988) Marines inspect a ZU-23 23mm automatic anti-aircraft gun on the Iranian Sassan oil platform. Marines attacked, occupied then destroyed the platform as part of Operation Praying Mantis which was launched after the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Hyp/Released)
PERSIAN GULF (April 18, 1988) Marines inspect a ZU-23 23mm automatic anti-aircraft gun on the Iranian Sassan oil platform. Marines attacked, occupied then destroyed the platform as part of Operation Praying Mantis which was launched after the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Hyp/Released)
