US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Randall O'Brien, Corps Support Command (COSCOM) G4, 101st Airborne (ABN), gives out pencils to children from a school in Al Hydria, Iraq (IRQ). LC O'Brien participated in a school supply distribution mission sponsored by personnel from LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Balad
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
03/06/2004
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