Family members and friends hold signs and flags as they wait on the pier for the arrival of the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) and the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47). The ships are returning to Charleston following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM
Base: Naval Base, Charleston
State: South Carolina (SC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Johnny Bivera
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
22/03/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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