A hospital corpsman conducts a test in the chemical analysis laboratory aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19). The ship is visiting various ports in the Philippines during the first phase of its five-month humanitarian medical service and training mission. While in the Philippines, US Navy, Army and Air Force medical personnel embarked aboard the MERCY are providing treatment for indigent Filipinos, both ashore and aboard ship
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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