US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 769th Engineers Battalion use a Denmark, Hydrema 910 MCV Mineclearing Vehicle, to clear an area at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Hydrema is a vehicle that has a metal protective shield and heavy chains that flail at high speeds to unearth, destroy, or detonate mines on contact. The engineers are the first Americans to be trained to operate the Hydrema MCV
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Bagram Air Base
State: Parwan
Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/08/2002
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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