US Army Military Policemen from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York, stand guard at the entrance to one of the estimated 38 weapons bunkers discovered just north of Mogadishu, Somalia; near the small town of Afgoi. Two Soldiers in the background stand near the entrance of the bunker and three other soldiers are with their M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). One of those soldiers stands up in the back manning a M60 Machine Gun. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Afgoi
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/01/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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