Mrs. Kay York explains an assignment to Zachary Rahn, a student in her first grade class at Stewardson-Strasburg School, prior to a visit by members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS). The servicemen corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD
Base: Stewardson
State: Illinois(IL)
Country: United States Of America(USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Charles Taylor
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/05/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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