LT. COL. Roger Edwards, Commander of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock AFB, Ark, brief newly arrived troops about their mission. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in a massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda. The US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation is steadly improving as fresh water provided by US military teams increasingly reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope
Base: Goma
Country: Zaire (ZAR)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
03/08/1994
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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