Bataan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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After months patrolling the waters close to the Persian Gulf, the tens of thousands of troops on board the USS Bataan were about to finish their tour of duty.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
Under cover of darkness, a single fighter jet roars as it rips across the deck of the USS Bataan, a vast US assault ship.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
On Tuesday, the Pentagon said it was sending the USS Bataan amphibious ready group, which consists of three ships carrying thousands of Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, into the region.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the Bataan, another warship, was heading near the coast of Israel and would include a Marine expeditionary unit.
From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023
But he would not be back, so far as those boys in Bataan were concerned, and neither would the soldier boy I’d married.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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