A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), flies away after dropping off two High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, on May 7, 2006, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPEC. Teddy Wade) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Teddy Wade, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
07/05/2006
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