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A female resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, carries several blankets on her head that were given to her by US Marine Corps (USMC) 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Two residents of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, carry bundles of blankets on their heads that were given to her by US Marine Corps (USMC) 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A male resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, holds a bundle of blankets that was given to him by US Marine Corps (USMC) 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A young female resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, talks to US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Joseph M. Garaux, Detachment Commander, Transportation Support Detachment, Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 (MSSG-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq, after he gave her a lollypop. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A young male Iraqi resident of ΦRubble Town,τ a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, investigates the presence of US Marine Corps (USMC) 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Lori B. Sweeney, Doctor of Internal Medicine, 601st Area Support Medical Company, augmenting the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, examines a male resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Lori B. Sweeney, Doctor of Internal Medicine, 601st Area Support Medical Company, augmenting the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, examines a young resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporals (CPL) Luis Duran (left) and Patricia J. Ruiz, Radio Operators, Communications Detachment, Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 (MSSG-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq, distribute blankets to two residents of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Several residents of"Rubble Town"carry bundles of blankets to their homes in Ad Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah Province, Iraq. USMC Marines and US Navy Sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) distributed more than 330 blankets to destitute residents of this area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)
A female resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, prepares to leave the distribution site carrying a bundle of blankets given to her by US Marine Corps (USMC) 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Al Diwanyah
State: Al Qadisiyah
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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