SGT Rodney Rivers, 1ST Special Operations Wing, installs an antenna on the roof of the Hilton Hotel for radio communications between the embassy control center, located at the hotel, and Bole Airport. The communications equipment is needed for search and rescue units taking part in a mission to locate Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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