U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Keith Kolb (right), from the 33rd Rescue Squadron (RQS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Sri Lankan Air Force Flight Lieutenant Chamila Manatunga (inside the helicopter), help Sri Lankan workers and Red Cross volunteers unload hygiene kits from an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd RQS during Operation Unified Assistance at Pottuville, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 9, 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 STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pottuville
Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/01/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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