A damaged sign in the foreground is a minor example of destruction caused by Hurricane Iniki when it struck the island of Kauai. The amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3) is anchored in the harbor, background, as landing craft and helicopters deliver supplies from the vessel to residents of Kauai as part of Joint Task Force Garden Isle, a joint military disaster relief effort
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: GARDEN ISLE
Base: Kauai
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steve Grzezdzinski
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/09/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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