Kurdish children play at a playground near the family housing complex used as their temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in 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: PH2 Jeff Viano, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/09/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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