Dr. (LT.) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), treat a Kurdish woman in a field facility as her little boy watches. Ratliff and his assistant comprise one of two dental teams from the 24th MEU providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT
Base: Zakhu
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: JOC Potterfield
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/05/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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