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A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as 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 a U.S. soldier as they move supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as 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 walk in a field near their camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A forklift positions stacks of supplies for loading aboard helicopters. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The tents of Kurdish refugees line a valley near Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the area as 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 walk on a mountainside near their camp after receiving a delivery of supplies by helicopter. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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kurdish refugees kurdish refugees mountainside camp delivery supplies helicopter effort aid forces saddam hussein iraq operation provide comfort high resolution comfort operation ph 2 milton us national archives