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| Keywords: USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 with VMA-324 1957.jpg Six U S Marine Corps Douglas AD-6 Skyraider aircraft of Marine attack squadron VMA-324 Vagabonds and a single North American AJ Savage fly over the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in September/October 1957 The Champ was participating in the NATO operation Deep Water This exercise involved protecting NATO ™s southern European flank specifically the Dardanelles from a simulated Soviet invasion Operation Deep Water culminated in the landing of 8 000 U S Marines at Saros Gulf near Gallipoli Turkey from a 38-ship amphibious task force with air support provided by aircraft carriers from the U S Sixth Fleet U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 2999 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16006528 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16002274 September/October 1957 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Lake Champlain CV-39 Marine Attack Squadron 324 | ||||
