US Army personnel of the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry, 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, take up their positions after successfully "seizing" the chief seaport of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The mission, a mock siege, also (Not Shown) included members of the US Coast Guard, Haitian Coast Guard, and the Haitian Swat Team. This training mission was part of the Contingency Readiness exercise taking place in Haiti, 12 April 1997
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Port-Au-Prince
Country: Haiti (HTI)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gerald James, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/04/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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