US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Weir rests in the back seat of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) after shrapnel from a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) injured him in the head. He was on a routine patrol that took fire while in Sadr City, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sadr City
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ashley Brokop, 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
05/08/2004
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