11.   Plastic holly leaves and strips of tinsel are taped to bulkhead doors within the vast hull of this amphibious assault ship.

12.   Stufflebeem said five war prisoners are now being held aboard the USS Peleliu, a Navy helicopter assault ship in the Arabian Sea.

13.   That business got a boost Wednesday as the company announced it received the contract for the third of as many as eight amphibious assault ships.

14.   The battle group will be accompanied by a Marine combat assault force on three assault ships.

15.   They had, until late last week, been aboard amphibious assault ships in the Arabian Sea.

16.   Walker is still being held aboard the assault ship Bataan in the Arabian Sea, the officials said.

17.   A third ship, the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, is due in Aden Wednesday, he said.

18.   An elite Marines team, which had sped from an amphibious assault ship in the Adriatic, rescued him.

19.   Five prisoners of war were transferred to the USS Peleliu, a Navy helicopter assault ship in the region, said U.S. Defense Department spokesman Richard McGraw.

20.   He is later flown to the USS Peleliu, a Navy assault ship in the Arabian Sea.