Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Cathrine Soteras (right) helps Operation Smile Nurse, Jhen Valdez, with a small child in a recovery room after a cleft lip surgery performed by Operation Smile Doctors. The Ship is currently anchored approximately 15 nautical miles off the coast of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)
Scene Camera Operator: MCC Don Bray, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/07/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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