Soldiers of the U.S. Army's elite 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y. are shown gathered on the flight deck around the island of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) as the ship gets underway for the Caribbean en route to Haiti for Operations Able Vigil and Support Democracy. 1,800 troops are being transported along with their military hardware. Several UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters are parked on the flight deck
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ABLE VIGILSUPPORT DEMOCRACY
Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steve Enfield
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/09/1994
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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