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Sailors render honors as the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln. East from july 2002 to may 2003 during the kickoff of operations in iraq. Us navy 1200 navy pentagon washington dc 203501200. The aircraft carrier abraham lincoln held a fast cruise from the pier from 2325 june and left puget sound on 26 june to conduct sea.
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