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A Sri Lankan woman looks at what is left of her house and belongings after a tsunami devastated the area at Galle, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A Sri Lankan man prepares to clean up the rubble that was once his house after a tsunami devastated the area at Galle, Sri Lanka, at Galle, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A crowd of Sri Lankans wait for relief supplies during Operation Unified Assistance, after a tsunami devasted the area at Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter soars over Sri Lanka while delivering supplies to tsunami victims during Operation Unified Assistance on Jan. 15, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A statue of Buddha at Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron Airmen prepare to redeploy back to their home base during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Force Service Support Group, 9th Engineer Support Battalion Marines clear debris from a school ground during Operation Unified Assistance at Galle, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 22, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. James Harper) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Force Service Support Group, 9th Engineer Support Battalion Marines break up concrete during Operation Unified Assistance at Galle, Sri Lanka, Jan. 22, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. James Harper) (Released)

A local man and two children watch a US Marine Corps (USMC) Wheeled Bulldozer as it levels out land next to the soon-to-be demolished structure at the Gintota Maha Vidyala School, in Gintota, Sri Lanka (LKA), during Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE

A drawing by a Sri Lankan child shows the trauma after a tsunami devastated the town of Galle, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Galle

Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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19/01/2005
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