A close-up view of three anti-personnel mines found along the roadside that leads up to a mine strike that occurred at a chapel located at Grid # BQ663549 in the vicinity of Brkozici during Operation Joint Endeavor. Two HVO soldiers were killed and nine civilians were injured while filling in trenches in preparation for a mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the church. The church is in a known marked mine field (# 2947)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Base: Brkozici
Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Teresa H. Hawkins
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/04/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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