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U.S. Air Force personnel escort LT. Robert Wetzel and LT. Jeffrey Zahn, U.S. Navy aviators from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) who were captured by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. The former prisoners of war are en route to the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) for medical examination and treatment prior to being transported home to the United States. A total of six American POWs and one Italian POW were released from captivity on March 4

LT. Robert Wetzel and LT. Jeffrey Zahn, U.S. Navy aviators with Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), are met by a member of their squadron following their release from captivity by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. The former prisoners of war are among six Americans and one Italian released on March 04

U.S. Navy LT. Joseph B. Mangum (left), of Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental, drills a tooth of U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Joseph B. Mangum, of Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental, drills a tooth of U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Joseph B. Mangum, of Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental, drills a tooth of U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Joseph B. Mangum (left), of Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental, drills a tooth of U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson, of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), sits patiently while receiving a filling at the Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental unit, located at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Eric Elgin, the 2-22 Battalion Surgeon treats an Iraqi boy with a tooth ache at school where a Medical and Civil Affairs Program (MEDCAP) mission was being conducted by B Company, 2-22, 10th Mountain Division, the elementary school was near Baghdad, Iraq on the morning of Jan. 27, 2006. MEDCAP programs are continuously being carried out throughout Iraq as part of the humanitarian effort during Operation Iraq Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class David D. Isakson) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Joseph B. Mangum (left), of Combat Service Support Group-15 (CSSG-15) Dental, drills a tooth of U.S. Marine Corps SGT. Scott B. Carson of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268 (HMM-268), at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

LT. Jeffrey Zahn, a U.S. Navy aviator from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), smiles for the camera aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Zahn, five other Americans and an Italian officer were released after being held as prisoners of war by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. The former POWs, who were released from captivity on March 4, will receive medical examinations and treatment aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-SH-19)

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Usns Mercy(T-AH 19)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Passengers depart from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during the 30th anniversary of Operation DEEP FREEZE

Rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, with contrails, flying toward the setting sun. The aircraft is returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, after a successful airdrop over Antarctica

Navy Personnel using a rough terrain forklift down load the Marine's equipment which includes a pallet of ammunition from the C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft carried the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay in support of the recent problems in Haiti

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Members of an all service color guard display the colors as the remains of 27 service members missing in action are carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in the largest turnover of MIAs since meetings began with North Vietnam in 1981

A US Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft is unloaded by members of the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, during Exercise BRIM FROST '85

LCOL Daniel James Doughty (Captured 2 Apr 67) at the microphones talks to people who came out to greet the returning POWs on their nighttime arrival at Scott. LCOL Doughty was released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft prepare for a jump during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Staff Sgt. Craig Cox makes a final check on a cargo of supplies to be dropped from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to resupply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

American and Korean members of a joint services honor guard salute as pallbearers carry a flag-draped coffin toward a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The coffin contains the body of one of the 19 Marines from Co. C., 1ST Bn., 5th Marines, who were killed in the crash of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during the joint U.S./Korean exercise Team Spirit '89

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zahn jeffrey zahn navy aviator navy aviator attack squadron va smiles camera starlifter aircraft b starlifter aircraft americans italian officer italian officer prisoners war iraqi forces iraqi forces operation desert storm pows captivity examinations treatment ship usns mercy ship usns mercy prisoners of war pow c 141 b starlifter hospital ship us navy united states naval ship c 141 starlifter high resolution desert storm usns mercy c 141 b starlifter aircraft ph 2 susan carl us national archives attack aircraft