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RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, speaks with U.S. military personnel at a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, tours a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp was established as part of Operations Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, left, and BGEN Richard W. Potter Jr., commanding general, Special Operations Command, U.S. European Command, tour a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp was established 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 travel between campsites during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled 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

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

U.S. military personnel coordinate the day's activities in their base camp, situated near a Kurdish refugee camp at Silopi. Military personnel are in 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 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 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

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, travels to Kurdish refugee camps near Cukurca. The camps 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

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/05/1991
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label_outline Explore Smith Jr, Leighton, Ph 2 Mark Kettenhofen

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

Fifteen personel (all 15 not shown) assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (flight line nto shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

Samoan dancers entertain audience members at the Asian

A young Afghan girl pauses for the camera as she sets

Fifteen personnel assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (not shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

Command Sgt. Maj. Thinh Huynh conducts push-ups during

A view of the children in the refugee camp located near Goma

A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin waits to be fired in support

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

Two members of the Army's 284th Military Police Company search for unexploded ordnance along a dirt road. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Captain Jerome F. Smith Jr,. USN (covered)

American Red Cross - Refugees - After their drill "Let Petits Soldats" rush en masse into the sea. Part of the Colony of refugee boys established by the A.R.C. at St. Lunaire, France

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