US Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class James Brown (right) applies topical ointment to the arm of a Somali infant. The baby's mother is holding the infant. This is part of a medical civic action program conducted in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, by medical personnel from the Marine Expeditionary Unit, Service Support Group 15, Camp Pendleton, California. 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: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/01/1993
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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