Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), Operation Smile volunteers Janet Casabon Benowitz (left) and Dr. Bill Pond, anesthetize a young Bengali child before the child undergoes corrective plastic surgery on his cleft lip. The MERCY is anchored off the coast of Chittagong, Bangladesh, while on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joseph Cabellero, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/03/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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