Litter crews at Kwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea load Army and Air Force, both American and Korean, simulated wounded service members onto a C-130 from the 95th Airlift Squadron, General Mitchell Reserve Base, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wounded from Osan AB, Kunsan AB, and Kwangju AB were evacuated off the Korean Peninsula in support of Exercise PACIFIC NIGHTINGALE III. PACIFIC NIGHTINGALE IIIs primary objective; to practice the tactical movement of injured and sick patients from a combat or disaster area in Korea to a mobile staging facility or contingency hospital, and eventually to a permanent hospital off the peninsula
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC NIGHTINGALE III
Base: Osan Air Base
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/04/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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