Long shot of an explosion as dirt flies up into the air from a round of ordnance that hits near an abandoned T-72 tank on RANGE-6 down the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia. Personnel from Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York (not shown), fired Light Anti-tank weapons and AT-4s at the target. They are deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II
Base: Range 6
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gary Bryant
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/11/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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