Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division use a mine detector and shovel to search for possible weapons caches as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter provides air security during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 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
25/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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