File:Sassan Oil Platform Burns 1988.jpeg

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English: The main building of the Iranian Sassan oil platform burns after being hit by a BGM-71 Tube-launched, Optically-guided, Wire-guided (TOW) missile fired from a United States Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter. The U.S. attack was part of Operation Praying Mantis which was launched after the guided missile frigate USS Samual B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988.
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6482406.

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