LCpl Rodney Gerenia from Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, carries a young Haitian girl down the ship's ramp at Port-au-Prince, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. The Haitian refugees voluntarily returned to Haiti from the refugee camps at Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba. US military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Exact Date Shot Unknown
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY
Base: Port Au Prince
Country: Haiti (HTI)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis (USAF)
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/10/1994
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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