Civilians disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Lungi airport, just north of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians, who were evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia, were processed aboard a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Liberia before being flown to Sierra Leone
Summary
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Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE
Base: Lungi
Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
30/08/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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