A veteran wears a message of welcome on his shirt while attending a ceremony honoring three Navy officers who had been held as Prisoners of War (POWs) by Iraq. The three naval aviators -- LT. Robert Wetzel, LT. Jeffrey Zaun and LT. Lawrence Slade -- had been shot down during Operation Desert Storm and were among the first group of ten coalition POWs released on March 4th
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Carl
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/03/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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