What 603 feet of Sovereign U.S. Territory can Do in a Pinch

After mentioning the helicopter carrier that saw the first use of ships’ caps for recovered astronauts earlier this week– USS Guam (LPH 9) in 1966’s Gemini 11, we would be remiss not to mention what that same humble Iwo Jima-class phib was up to some 30 years ago this week. Guam, some 31 years young at the time, left Morehead