Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary housing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Pacific Haven. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN
Base: Andersen Air Base
State: Guam (GU)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: P02 Jeff Viano
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/09/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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