Keywords: US Navy 011218-N-2383B-515 World Trade Center Flag flown aboard USS Bataan.jpg en At sea aboard USS Bataan LHD 5 Dec 18 2001 -- Sailors and Marines of USS Bataan's Amphibious Ready Group render honors to the Stars and Stripes flying high above the amphibious command ship The Bataan conducts a special flag ceremony for the first flag flown at Ground Zero World Trade Center The famous flag was raised in the middle of the rubble by New York City firefighters and has since been carried by U S Navy ships operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera RELEASED 011218-N-2383B-515 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2061 U S Navy Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Bataan LHD-5 Photographs of flags of the United States Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 War in Afghanistan 2001-present related operations outside of Afghanistan December 2001 photographs Military people in 2001 People of the United States in 2001 December 2001 in the United States 18 December Military people on duty Taken with Nikon D1H |