Boatswain Mate Second Class (BM2) Tom Krieger stationed onboard the USS Essex (LHD 2), helps an evacuee fill out the proper paperwork he needs. The evacuees were transported to the Essex from the "San Juan Embassy" (actually Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan) during the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) for Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Essex (LHD 2)
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/10/2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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