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Mail First, USS New Orleans

On the deck of a ship sailors are loading a helicopter with bags of mail
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Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by John Charles Roach; 1991; Framed Dimensions 30H X 39W
Accession #: 92-007-E
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One of the helicopters assigned to USS New Orleans (LPH-11) forwards the many bags of mail to smaller ships in the minesweeping force of the northern Gulf.  Very often, this is the only contact the small ships will have for months. 

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