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A view of the Kibumba refugee camp. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

A view of the Kibumba refugee camp. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

A view of the entrance to the Kibumba refugee camp near Goma where over 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to after civil war erupted in their country

A view of the Kibumba refugee camp. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees flew to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

A view of the Kibumba refugee camp. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A view of the Kibumba refugee camp showing makeshift houses and some of the estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

Children, some of the estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees who fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country wave to the camera

Shot of the Kibumba refugee camp at Goma. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

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Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope

Base: Goma

Country: Zaire (ZAR)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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03/08/1994
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The U.S. National Archives
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