High angle shot down at US Army SPECIALIST Daron Patterson, back to camera, as he guides the crane operator, (not shown) to lift a conex box out of the hold of the Algol Class, Vehicle Cargo Ship, USNS ALTAIR. The vessel is part of the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Program. Patterson, a native of Los Angeles, California, is a stevedore with the 119th Transportation Company, Fort Eustis, Virginia. The supplies are destined for use by the Joint Task Force Somalia, which is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Port Of Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/01/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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