PFC Anthony Mejia, a member of 1ST Platoon, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, mans a sandbagged bunker at the main gate into the Joint Task Force Somalia headquarters during OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The headquarters during OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The headquarters was established in the former U. S. Embassy compound. A 5.56mm M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAV) and a field telephone are in the foreground
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/12/1992
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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