A U.S. serviceman assists a child, one of many evacuees being processed through McChord during the final stage of their journey. The evacuees have been transported from Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10 for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL
Base: Mcchord Air Force Base
State: Washington(WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Kurtis L. Leany
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/06/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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