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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Date
07/03/1991
Source
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