Local medical personnel stand under a sign thanking the crew of the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) for their assistance. The ship is visiting various ports in the Philippines during the first phase of its five-month humanitarian medical service and training mission. While in the Philippines, US Navy, Army and Air Force medical personnel embarked aboard the MERCY are providing treatment for indigent Filipinos, both ashore and aboard ship
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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