Crewman aboard a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter from the 571st Medical Evacuation Company, Fort Carlson, Colorado, activates the intercom to tell the pilot the "injured" soldiers are ready for flight. The helicopter will take the soldiers to the 131st Field Hospital at Oro Grande Range, Biggs Army Air Field, New Mexico. The 131st is a multi-national and multi-service unit providing health care at the Oro Grande base camp, or in the field units, with rotating medical teams
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95
Base: Fort Bliss
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lance Cheung
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
03/05/1995
Location
Fort Bliss
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31.81357, -106.41224
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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