Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army place stones under the wheels a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to provide traction while working to extricate the vehicle from deep mud during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD
Base: Sukariya
State: Salah Ah Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
24/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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