A young Bengali girl prepares to board a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), to be flown aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The girl will undergo cleft lip surgery during the Ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Chittagong
Country: Bangladesh (BGD)
Scene Camera Operator: MCC Edward G. Martens, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/07/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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