US Navy (USN) Medical personnel land aboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5) as the ship conducts disaster relief assistance to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina while underway in the Gulf of Mexico. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina Humanitarian Assistance Operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS BATAAN (LHD 5)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ken J. Riley, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/09/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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