A U.S. Navy officer directs the attention of Poland's Solidarity leader Lech Walesa to one of two U.S. Navy ships visiting port. The guided missile cruiser USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG-17) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59) are visiting Poland in conjunction with BALTOPS '90, a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea. Their port call represents the first visit by U.S. Navy vessels since 1927
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '90
Base: Gdynia
Country: Poland (POL)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/06/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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