Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), treat a Kurdish refugee child in a field facility. The men are providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq
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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT
Base: Zakhu
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gary H. Potterfield
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
01/05/1991
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