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US Army (USA) Air Ambulance SPECIALIST Halvacek (center) assigned with the USA 45th Medical Company out of Hansbach, Germany, together with US military personnel administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures on a USA Soldier outside a combat support hospital (CSH) in Baghdad, Iraq (IRQ), on August 23, 2004. The soldier was injured during a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) attack on his M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (BFVS) duirng Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Myles D. Cullen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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23/08/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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