Soldiers transport a litter carrying an injured member of the 82nd Airborne Division to a waiting UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) medical evacuation helicopter. Five members of the 82nd Airborne Division were injured in a joint U.S./Honduran jump during a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT
Base: Tamara
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1988
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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