U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, attached to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, set up tents to house approximately 6,000 displaced victims of a devastating flood that hit Dire Dawa, Ethiopia on Aug. 21, 2006. The Navy joined Non-Governmental Organizations and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in providing aid in the region region. (U.S. Navy photo CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Robert Palomares (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Dire Dawa
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: MCC Robert Palomares, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/08/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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