US Navy (USN) Sailors from the Amphibious Assault Ship, USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) offload from the Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC-83) craft, after arrive on the beach to begin clean operations in Biloxi, Mississippi (MS), during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. The US Navy is taking part in Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina, by aiding in humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA
Base: Biloxi
State: Mississippi (MS)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Li1 Edward S. Kessler, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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