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Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 distribute food to Kurdish refugees at a health clinic and water purification station. The clinic, water station, and food supplies are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees children gather around members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 near a health clinic and water purification station set up by the Marines. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station to receive food supplies from Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic, water station, and food supplies are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather to collect purified water at their tent city in Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) assess progress on the construction of a camp on the outskirts of Zakhu. The Marines are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Members of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) move equipment with a crane mounted to the back of an M-814 5-ton cargo truck as they set up a water purification site on the outskirts of Zakhu. The Marines are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Kurdish refugees await dental and medical treatment at a field facility. The treatment is being administered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees, assisted by U.S. military personnel, build a water tank foundation at their camp. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the 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 Marjie Shaw

Release Status: Released to Public

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27/04/1991
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kurdish refugees kurdish refugees health clinic health clinic water purification station water purification station marine expeditionary unit service group marine expeditionary unit service support group water station effort aid forces saddam hussein iraq operation provide comfort military operations middle eastern woman high resolution comfort operation joc marjie shaw marine expeditionary unit us national archives