Lower Away – the ramp of USS Sumter begins its descent to the causeway in order to unload support equipment for the Fourth Marine Amphibious Brigade (MAB) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a mock amphibious assault in May during the joint training exercise Solid Shield 77. Lower Away – the ramp of USS Sumter (LST 1181) begins its descent to the causeway in order to unload support equipment for the Fourth Marine Amphibious Brigade (MAB) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a mock amphibious assault in May during the joint training exercise Solid Shield 77. Photographed by PH1 Don Deverman. NHHC Photograph Section, Navy Subject Files.

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