Signalman Second Class Kevin Lewis uses flags to signal messages to US Naval Ships (USNS) Kanawha (T-AO 96) from the signal bridge of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as a SA-330 Puma helicopter assists during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) between the two ships. The form of communication he is using is known as Semaphore. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Donna J. Doyle, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/03/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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