LT Laurer assists one of the many evacuees arriving from Clark Air Force Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano erupted for the first time in over 600 years, forcing the U.S. military to coordinate Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts to remove more than 20,000 evacuees from the area.
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL
Base: Travis Air Force Base
State: California(CA)
Country: United States Of America(USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Geoffrey L. England
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/06/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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