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A soldier directs the driver of a forklift as he removes a pallet of 155mm chemical artillery shells from its packing crate during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal

Soldiers prepare to unload a crate of 155mm chemical artillery shells before placing them in a storage bunker during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal

A pallet of 155mm chemical artillery shells sits in its shipping crate before being unloaded during Operation Steel Box. The shells, part of a shipment of chemical munitions transported to the atoll aboard a Military Sealift Command ship, will be placed in a storage bunker until their disposal

Soldiers unload crates of chemical munitions before placing the munitions in a storage bunker during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal

Soldiers unload a container of chemical munitions before placing the munitions in a storage bunker during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ship, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal

Two civilian contractors check an air sample taken from crate of chemical munitions before opening the crate during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be placed in the chemical activity's storage bunkers until their disposal

A soldier from the 155th Transportation Company operates one of the cranes aboard the Military Sealift Command auxiliary crane ship GOPHER STATE (T-ACS-4) as chemical munitions are unloaded during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal

Soldiers from the 155th Transportation Company guide a container of chemical munitions as it is hoisted from the cargo hold of the Military Sealift Command auxiliary crane ship GOPHER STATE (T-ACS-4) during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal

A rough terrain container handler is used to move containers of chemical munitions in a staging area during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be placed in the chemical activity's storage bunkers until their disposal

Two soldiers cut the bands on a pallet of 155mm chemical artillery shells before placing them in a bunker during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal

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Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX

Base: US Army Chemical Activity

Country: Johnston Atoll

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/11/1990
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