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An Iraqi BM-21a 122mm multiple rocket system destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.

A demolished Iraqi vehicle with a ZPU-1 anti-aircraft gun mounted on top stands on the side of a roadway after being destroyed by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

An Iraqi ZIL-137 tractor of the Republican Guard destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.

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Three US Marines, from an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, examine a Somali tank, a US made M47, that was captured in the raid of Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Three US Marines from the 3rd of the 11th, Twentynine Palms, California, disperse a crowd of Somalis after a riot on a street in Mogadishu. The Marine at the left carries a M16 rifle with a M209 Grenade Launcher attached. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Left side front view of a M1A1 Abrams tank in the middle of the road. Two US Marines are seen on top of the tank with the one in front manning the tank's .50 caliber machine. The tank is ready to return fire on Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on shot of a US Army M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank located on the compound of the US Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. The turret is facing to the left, off the frame at the right. A US Army Soldier sits on a water jug, next to the tank, at the left of the frame. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

An unidentified Somali cargo truck backs to open rear entrance of an US Air Force C-130 "Hercules" cargo plane. Somali civilians and US Air Force personnel gather at the back entrance of the C-130. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A US Marine, standing back to camera, guards seven Somali nationals that sit on the ground next to a Somali, Soviet made BTR-60, Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier. The Marine holds his M16A2 rifle pointed into the air. The Somalis were detained from an early morning raid on Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

An dilapidated Soviet made T-55 tank, centered in the frame is surrounded by twisted metal and burned out buildings of an abandoned Surface to Air Missile site just north of Sword Base outside Mogadishu, Somalia. The base is being prepared for destruction and this mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

Left side profile of a Canadian Forces Soldier manning a M60 machine gun in the bunker that guards the entrance to Belet Huen Field, Somalia. A Canadian Flag waves to the right of the frame. Behind it is a US Marine KC-130 Refueling Plane. Only the right wing of the aircraft is seen. Somali Nationals are to the left of the frame walking down a dirt road. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Navy Seabees use a forklift to load abandoned autos onto the back of a flatbed trailer at the US Embassy compound in Mogadishu, Somalia. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

Three abandoned Somali (US Manufactured) M47 Tanks sit destroyed amongst some trees near a warehouse. The US Army's 10th Mountain Division (not shown) stumbled across the abandoned tank. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE

Base: Port Of Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC S. Paine

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/12/1993
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label_outline Explore Manufactured, M 47 Medium Tank, Mountain Division

US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civilian, Billy Sellin (left, center in uniform), Resident Engineer, Balad Air Base (AB) Resident Office, Gulf Region North (GRN), speaks with several civilian subcontractors about the construction progress of the new medical supply warehouse at the Logistical Support Area (LSA) Balad, Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A left side view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank as it leaves the surf and moves up the beach. The tank is equipped with two air intake towers on the left side of the hull near the back of the turret and an exhaust tower on the rear of the hull, parts

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

ENS Kirk Morford, commanding officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Detachment 7, examines a mortar round removed from a weapons cache during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Victor Valdez of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) operates a crane as his unit prepares for deployment to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope

A Marine M1A1 main battle tank moves down the open ramp of utility landing craft LCU 1658. The tank is equipped with a fording kit that is being evaluated by the Marine Corps, Naval Amphibious Base (NAB), Little Creek, Virginia (VA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Crouch, Operation

U.S. Army medics with 1st Armored Division, 10th Mountain

A US Army M1-A1 Abrams tank, from C Troop of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment returns from the live fire training range at the Korea Training Center, Republic of Korea on Oct. 25, 1998. The center is manned throughout the year and various armored units rotate through training scenarios to meet yearly live gunnery training requirements

Johnson Controls contract employee Mario Lachica, Training Support Center (TSC), Training Aids Warehouse Section, Fort Hood, Texas, gives instruction to customer, STAFF Sergeant Lasaey, USA, on proper use of machine gun training device

Soldiers from 2/14th Infantry Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, rest in the shade while waiting to go to the airport. The battalion recently departed Somalia after being there in support of UNOSOM II

Banner adorning Department of Interior South Building, viewed during ceremony marking adoption by Department employees of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 10th Mountain Division as wartime focal points for volunteer activities on behalf of military families

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somali manufactured tanks trees warehouse army mountain division mountain division tank mission us army tanks operation restore hope military operations m 47 medium tank battle tank m 47 tanks operation us national archives somalia