A military dependent fills out paperwork as she and her pets prepare to board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Dependents and non-essential military personnel area departing from the are in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano, which erupted for the first time in over 600 years, forced the U.S. military to coordinate Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts to remove more than 20,000 evacuees from the area
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL
Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay
State: Luzon
Country: Philippines(PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Patrick Muscott
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
Date
17/06/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions