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Evacuees from the Philippines arrive at the Military Airlift Command terminal for help in obtaining flight tickets on commercial airlines for the final stage of their journey. The evacuees were transported from Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10 for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

Volcanic ash blankets a home and automobile in the base housing area in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil when more than four inches of fallen ash disrupted operations at Clark and Naval Station, Subic Bay

U.S. Geological Survey's Chief Scientist for Volcano Hazards, Jeff Wynn, speaking during press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay stand in line to have records processed aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Military personnel and dependents are being transported from the area in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10th for the first time in over 600 years

Dependents of U.S. military personnel prepare to board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during evacuation of Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay. Evacuees are being transported from the area in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10th for the first time in over 600 years

Ash covers the base in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano, which came alive for the first time in over 600 years, forced the U.S. military to conduct Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts and remove over 20,000 evacuees will be removed from Clark and Naval Station, Subic Bay

Airmen coordinate plans prior to returning to Clark Air Base from Papaga Agricultural College. Base personnel evacuated to this area, 55 miles from Clark, to escape the ash and debris resulting from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10 for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil

Smoke billows from Mount Pinatubo as the volcano erupts for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees are being removed from the area as a part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil.

U.S. military dependents board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as they prepare to depart in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano, which erupted for the first time in over 600 years, forced the U.S. military to coordinate Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts to remove more than 20,000 evacuees from the area

Dr. Christopher Newhall of the U.S. Geological Survey joins Art Daag and Bellia Tubianosa of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology as the three gather rock and soil samples from Mount Pinatubo in the aftermath of its eruption. The volcano, which came alive for the first time in over 600 years, forced the U.S. military to conduct Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts during which over 20,000 evacuees will be removed from Clark Air Base, foreground, and Naval Station, Subic Bay

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Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL

Base: Clark Air Base

State: Luzon

Country: Philippines (PHL)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Soil Samples, Vigil Evacuation Efforts, Fiery Vigil

A Vietnamese refugee mother poses for a photograph with her children aboard the petroleum tanker OVERSEAS VIVIAN (T-AOT-2006) as the ship arrives in port at Naval Base, Subic Bay. The commercial tanker, which is operating under a charter with the Navy's Military Sealift Command, is transporting 109 Vietnamese refugees to Naval Base, Subic Bay, following their recovery from a disabled boat in the South China Sea on April 20th. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Capt. Lee Tucker, a member of the Mississippi Army

OPERATION ABLE VIGIL, US Navy Photo

A US Navy (USN) Sailor, Beach MASTER Unit One (BMU-1) Detachment (DET), uses hand signals to guide LCU 1600 Class Utility Landing Craft, Landing Craft Utility 1627 (LCU 1627), into position to offload vehicles and personnel at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines (PHL), while visiting the Philippines on a regularly schedule Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Spring Patrol with Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)

Crew members from the submarine tender USS PROTEUS (AS-19) clear away ash and debris on the grounds of the Patanawa Elementary School. The devastation resulted from the June eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive for the first time in over 600 years

Mr. Tony Fisher an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Soil Studies - South Carolina, National Forest Service photograph.

A worker uses a loader to remove ash and debris from yards in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano erupted for the first time in over 600 years on June 10th and covered the area in ash and debris

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation improves as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Mr. David Pulson uses a hydraulic-powered Geoprobe machine to take soil samples at Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) Site #6, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

Some of the 20,000 military and civilian personnel being evacuated from the Philippines wait for buses during Operation Fiery Vigil. The evacuation is the result of the June 10 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, which deposited more than four inches of volcanic ash on the Philippine Islands, disrupting base operations

CHIEF Hospital Corpsman Dirk Waldron reassures a child in a medical treatment center set up for evacuees from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Naval Air Station, Cubi Point. The evacuation is taking place as part of Operation Fiery Vigil, an effort to remove civilian and military personnel and their dependents from the Philippines in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption on June 10th.

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christopher newhall christopher newhall geological survey geological survey art daag art daag bellia tubianosa bellia tubianosa philippine institute philippine institute volcanology seismology rock soil samples soil samples mount pinatubo mount pinatubo aftermath eruption volcano conduct operation conduct operation vigil evacuation efforts vigil evacuation efforts evacuees clark clark air base foreground naval station subic bay us geological survey clark air base philippines air base luzon philippines luzon island philippines technical sergeant high resolution conduct operation fiery vigil evacuation efforts fiery vigil tsgt val gempis subic bay air force base workers us national archives