U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emily Starcher (left), a flight engineer from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, assists Sri Lankans load vegetable inside her HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter during Operation Unified Assistance at Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan, 12, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Dambula
Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/01/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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