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US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) John Foxworthy (left), Medical Technician, 45th Medical Brigade, helps to transport a USA Soldier with a neck injury, onto a UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter at a landing zone in Camp Victory, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier sustained his injuries during a car accident in Baghdad, Iraq, and is being airlifted to a Combat Support Hospital (CSH) for proper medical treatment
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Myles D. Cullen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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Date
26/08/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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