Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman (HM) Lawrence Santos, takes the pulse of a Filipino child who is waiting to be seen by a doctor, as the ship rests anchored in the Philippine Sea off of the coast of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
28/05/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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