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![US Navy (USN) personnel assist an Indonesian patient returning via a USN helicopter back to University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown]. The MERCY is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDIvMTEvdXMtbmF2eS11c24tcGVyc29ubmVsLWFzc2lzdC1hbi1pbmRvbmVzaWFuLXBhdGllbnQtcmV0dXJuaW5nLXZpYS1hLXVzbi1oZWxpY29wdGVyLTk2MzQ0NS02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "US Navy (USN) personnel assist an Indonesian patient returning via a USN helicopter back to University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown]. The MERCY is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004")
![US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Kurt Hummeldorf, MD, transports a patient from the University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, to the helicopter area for an airlift to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown] for medical treatment. The MERCY is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDIvMTEvdXMtbmF2eS11c24tY29tbWFuZGVyLWNkci1rdXJ0LWh1bW1lbGRvcmYtbWQtdHJhbnNwb3J0cy1hLXBhdGllbnQtZnJvbS10aGUtMTE2ZTkyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Kurt Hummeldorf, MD, transports a patient from the University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, to the helicopter area for an airlift to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown] for medical treatment. The MERCY is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004")
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Beaumont
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Lance Cheung, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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22/09/2005
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The U.S. National Archives
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