US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Catherine Soteras holds a baby before a surgery aboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) during the ship's humanitarian and civic assistance visit at Chittagong, Bangladesh (BGD). The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment in Southeast Asia. Its mission is being carried out in close coordination and partnership with local medical care professionals and civilian volunteers from Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), Operation Smile and other organizations. Some of the civilian volunteers include anesthesiologists, nurses, and doctors from the US, Austraila and Canada
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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
12/03/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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