![](/navy/island1sm.jpg) The Wombat, Ready to Launch
![](/navy/island2sm.jpg) Sandpiper Island in the Distance
![](/navy/island3sm.jpg) The Invasion Under Way!
![](/navy/island4sm.jpg) Looking Back Toward Land
![](/navy/island5sm.jpg) Another View of the Shore
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![](/navy/island6sm.jpg) Sandpiper Island Nears
![](/navy/island7sm.jpg) The Island Even Nearer
![](/navy/island9sm.jpg) The Wombat Lands on Sandpiper Island (Finally!)
![](/navy/island10sm.jpg) Looking Upward from the Landing Site
![](/navy/island11sm.jpg) The President With the National Flag
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![](/navy/island13sm.jpg) The President Looking Regal
(The Island is Ours!)
![](/navy/island14sm.jpg) Looking Toward Shore
![](/navy/island15sm.jpg) The Center of the Island
![](/navy/island16sm.jpg) Looking North from the Island
![](/navy/island17sm.jpg) The East Shore
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![](/navy/island18sm.jpg) The South Shore
![](/navy/island19sm.jpg) Tree on the Island
![](/navy/island20sm.jpg) Brush on the Island
![](/navy/island21sm.jpg) The Island Recedes Aft
![](/navy/island22sm.jpg) Sandpiper Island Again, from the Shore -
The Invasion Over
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