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USS Nimitz crewmembers provide musical accompaniment during midnight Mass in the Persian Gulf.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Feliciano Valencia (right) from Pampanga, Philippines, Chief Petty Officer Rene Abadesco (center) from Davao City, Philippines, and Lt. Cmdr. Donna Sengelaub (left) from Camp Springs, Md. provide musical accompaniment during the Roman Catholic midnight Mass aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 25 1997. The Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.