Military personnel prepare to board C-141B Starlifter aircraft after being flown to Travis from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Clark Air Force Base, Republic of the Philippines. The servicemen and women, along with dependents, were evacuated in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano, which erupted for the first time in over 600 years, forced 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: PH2 Richard J. Hopkins Jr.
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/06/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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