US Army Captain Dan Larsen, waves good-bye as he gets on an Air Mobility Command C-141B Starlifter for the flight home after deploying to Brazzaville, Congo for PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war. Captain Larsen is with the 1ST Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group from Stuttgart Germany
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX GAUNTLET
Base: Brazzaville
Country: Congo (COG)
Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/04/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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