Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) load vehicles onto flatcars at the railhead in prepartion for transportation to Bayonne, N.J. Upon arrival at that site, the equipment will be loaded aboard cargo ships bound for Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

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Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) load vehicles onto flatcars at the railhead in prepartion for transportation to Bayonne, N.J. Upon arrival at that site, the equipment will be loaded aboard cargo ships bound for Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

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Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE

Base: Fort Drum

State: New York (NY)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Arthur W. Wlodarek

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

10/12/1992

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The U.S. National Archives

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