CPL. Gerald Poitra, a member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands in the turret of an LAV-25 light armored vehicle during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. His is one of several Marine vehicles escorting a food convoy from the airport. An M-240E1 7.62mm machine gun is on the pintle mount to his left
Summary
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Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Baidoa
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Joseph Dorey
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/12/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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