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American Red Cross - Refugees - U.S. Army at Archangel Front, Russia. Children of Isakogorka receiving lunch erved by American Red Cross Mission to Russia

American Red Cross - Refugees - U.S. Army at Archangel Front, Russia. ...

Photographer: Press. Illus. Ser. American Red Cross - Refugees Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vietnamese refugees evacuated from Saigon are processed at the air station passenger terminal before departing for Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton

Vietnamese refugees evacuated from Saigon are processed at the air sta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT D.E. Campbell Release... More

A Vietnamese refugee is examined by Philippine naval medical personnel as other refugees attempt to supply information to an office worker. A total of 109 refugees were rescued from their disabled boat in the South China Sea on April 20th and taken aboard the commercial tanker, which is operating under a charter with the Navy's Military Sealift Command

A Vietnamese refugee is examined by Philippine naval medical personnel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near a German army CH-53G helicopter to receive an allotment of water. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public... More

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish children while patrolling a road on the edge of the city. The soldier's unit is in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane captain as he straps into the cockpit of his F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters patrol over a recently established tent city during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The tent city, located near Zakhu, is situated on the Turkey-Iraq border and the blue tents were donated by Japan

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters patrol over a recen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An aerial view of a U.S. military encampment, with OH-58 Kiowa and AH-64 Apache helicopters parked throughout the camp. Allied forces are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An aerial view of a U.S. military encampment, with OH-58 Kiowa and AH-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce Wallace Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Squadron personnel wheel a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) pod into position beneath the wing of a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Squadron personnel wheel a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TAR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Haitian refugees watch from their crowded sailboat as a U.S. Coast Guard vessel approaches. Nearly 15,000 Haitians have been intercepted and brought aboard Navy and Coast Guard ships between October and December 1991. They are then transported to Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for temporary housing until their legal status has been determined

Haitian refugees watch from their crowded sailboat as a U.S. Coast Gua...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: PA2 Telfair H. Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Somali refugees are fed at an aid station set up during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

Somali refugees are fed at an aid station set up during Operation Rest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bardera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Sw) Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to ... More

Driving a forklift a U.S. Army soldier lifts a pallet filled with Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) in a tent filled with pallets of MREs. The MREs pallets will be airlifted to Africa and distributed to the refugees of the Rwandan civil war. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Driving a forklift a U.S. Army soldier lifts a pallet filled with Meal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release S... More

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, flew in relief goods. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public... More

A massive number of Rwandan refugees at the Kitali refugee camp. They are part of the 1.2 million refugees who fled after civil war erupted in their country

A massive number of Rwandan refugees at the Kitali refugee camp. They ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees gather around a C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, as relief goods are unloaded

Rwandan refugees gather around a C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation improves as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estiamted 2000 refugees die daily because of cholera epidemic. The situation is improving as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search and rescue exercise conducted as part of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps troops prepare donated clothes and other necessities for distribution to Serbian refugees in Luka Vica, Bosnia. In the foreground is SSG Koley Scot, US Army, carrying a 5.56mm L85A1 Individual Weapon (rifle) with no magazine loaded in the clip. Immediately behind him are Royal Army (British) soldiers preparing the donated goods. In the background is a civilian videographer checking his video camera. These troops are in Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the...

Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps troops prepare donated clot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps troops prepare donated clothes and other necessities for distribution to Serbian ref... More

A night vision shot as a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster watches as his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) slides toward the ramp and out of the aircraft during the successful C-17 humanitarian airdrop. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a of its kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the...

A night vision shot as a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A night vision shot as a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster watches as his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (... More

SPECIALIST Frank Oliver, USA, (left), and Private First Class Travis Kent, USA, 512th Maintenance Battalion, Mannheim, Germany, prepare a box that will hold the food that will be airdropped to starving Afghan refugees during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

SPECIALIST Frank Oliver, USA, (left), and Private First Class Travis K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Sho... More

Marines prepare building materials at a temporary housing facilitiy for Vietnamese refugees

Marines prepare building materials at a temporary housing facilitiy fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A crewman from the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) helps Vietnamese refugees climb from their fishing boat up a Jacobs ladder to the deck of the ship. Fifty-five refugees were rescued

A crewman from the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) helps Vietn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sailors and US Coast Guard District 5 Law Enforcement Detachment personnel approach a 30-foot, single-masted sailboat in a motor launch from the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). The sailboat, which was dead in the water when it was detected by the WHIDBEY ISLAND's radar, in the Caribbean Sea is carrying 92 Haitian refugees. The refugees were taken aboard the WHIDBEY ISLAND and later transferred to a Coast Guard cutter. In accordance with a standing agreement between the United States and Haiti, the refugees were returned to their homeland

Sailors and US Coast Guard District 5 Law Enforcement Detachment perso...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Josn Bert Olsen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in West Berlin

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in West Berlin

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An aerial view of erosion-control terraces on a hillside near Turkey's border with Iraq. U.S. forces are in the area to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

An aerial view of erosion-control terraces on a hillside near Turkey's...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) use a loader equipped with a backhoe to clear a drainage area as they repair an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An aerial view of one of th Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations are working at the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An aerial view of one of th Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Tents fill a clearing along the base of a hill at one of the refugee camps near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Tents fill a clearing along the base of a hill at one of the refugee c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Kurdish children bunch together to have their photograph taken while playing at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camp is one of several that have been established by Kurds who left their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish children bunch together to have their photograph taken while p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Marines ride atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in the city. They are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines ride atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An airman motions to Kurdish refugees as they approach a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter that has landed to deliver supplies to the refugees camp. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An airman motions to Kurdish refugees as they approach a CH-53 Super S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Kurdish refugees watch a delivery of food supplies by Allied forces during Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees watch a delivery of food supplies by Allied forces du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Chaplain (LT.) William D. Devine, the Catholic chaplain for Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), looks out the window of his room in a former Iraqi army building during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Chaplain (LT.) William D. Devine, the Catholic chaplain for Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Refugees are being transported from Yekmel to a newly established camp at Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 63rd Airlift Wing is unloaded following its arrival at the Zagreb Airport to deliver 25,000 meals ready to eat (MREs) as part of a humanitarian airlift to refugees displaced by war

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 63rd Airlift Wing is unloaded fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

View of the flight line showing Air Mobility Command C-5 Galaxy aircraft used to support the humanitarian airlift of food and supplies to the refugees of the Rwandan civil war. Exact Date Shot Unknown

View of the flight line showing Air Mobility Command C-5 Galaxy aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release S... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees at the Kitali refugee camp transport a fellow refugee on a makeshift stretcher. They are part of the 1.2 million refugees who fled after civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees at the Kitali refugee camp transport a fellow refugee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of Cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS). Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Deliv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Larry Eaton of the Air Freight Section helps a Vietnamese child as refugees arrive at the air station. After being processed at the air station passenger terminal, the refugees will depart for Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Larry Eaton of the Air Freight Section helps ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL H.F. Hall, Usmc Relea... More

35 Vietnamese refugees await rescue from their 35 foot fishing boat. They were rescued by the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) 350 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, after spending eight days at sea

35 Vietnamese refugees await rescue from their 35 foot fishing boat. T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: LT. Carl R. Begy Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in West Berlin

A crowd of East German refugees gathers outside the refugee center in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A view of the compound of the U.S. Air Force's 36th Civil Engineering Squadron at a humanitarian services support base set up to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A view of the compound of the U.S. Air Force's 36th Civil Engineering ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to ... More

A member of Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) signals to another flight deck crewman while sitting behind the wheel of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue vehicle aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the northeastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A member of Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) signals to another flight deck...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. ... More

An aerial view of a tent city near Zakhu. The city was established to shelter Kurdish refugees during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An aerial view of a tent city near Zakhu. The city was established to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) gather in a courtyard to receive instructions upon their arrival in Zakhu. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain, for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey an northern Iraq

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) gather...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Two Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) survey a stretch of runway at an Iraqi airfield as two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter arrive overhead. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Two Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public... More

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

The pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft waits in his cockpit as a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141 (VAQ-141) EA-6B Prowler aircraft comes in for an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

The pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) F/A-18A Hornet airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), left, and Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), center, climb into the cockpits of their F/A-18A Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), left, and Strike Figh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 63rd Airlift Wing taxis on the flight line following its arrival at the Zagreb Airport to deliver 25,000 meals ready to eat (MREs) as part of a humanitarian airlift to refugees displaced by war

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 63rd Airlift Wing taxis on the f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

As seen from the cockpit of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, the helicopter's refueling probe approaches a refueling drogue deployed behind a tanker aircraft. The aircraft are operating over Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

As seen from the cockpit of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Klein Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A Rwandan refugee carries a stalk of bananas on his head in the Kibumba refugee camp. He joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps after civil war erupted in their country

A Rwandan refugee carries a stalk of bananas on his head in the Kibumb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Ethiopian troops, from Addis Ababa, assigned to the United Nations peace force arrive at the airport on a UN TRANSAFRIK transport to assist in the international relief effort for the Rwandan refugees

Ethiopian troops, from Addis Ababa, assigned to the United Nations pea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Kigali Country: Rwanda (RWA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Charles Parshley Release Status: Released to Publ... More

US Army, Sergeant (SGT) Amarosa writes down identification numbers of Serbian refugees during Operation Search and Sniff (house to house searches in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia-Herzegovina) by C Company Task Force 1-26 (1ST Battalion - 26 Infantry) 2nd Brigade, 1ST Infantry Division (Mechanized), Scheinfurt, Germany, out of Camp Dobol during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Numerous weapons, ammunition and explosives were found in some houses, 12 December 1996

US Army, Sergeant (SGT) Amarosa writes down identification numbers of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Edward Cranick, USA Releas... More

Vietnamese refugees arrive at the air station after being evacuated from Saigon. After being processed at the air station passenger terminal, the refugees will depart for Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. (SUBSTANDARD)

Vietnamese refugees arrive at the air station after being evacuated fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT D.E. Campbell Release... More

Vietnamese refugees arrive at the air station after being evacuated from Saigon. After being processed at the air station passenger terminal, the refugees will depart for Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton

Vietnamese refugees arrive at the air station after being evacuated fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL H.F. Hall, Usmc Relea... More

A view of tents erected at one the temporary housing facilities for Vietnamese refugees

A view of tents erected at one the temporary housing facilities for Vi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R... More

Vietnamese refugees play table tennis at a temporary housing facility while waiting for processing and sponsorship

Vietnamese refugees play table tennis at a temporary housing facility ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R... More

A view looking down into the fishing boat carrying 55 Vietnamese refugees as it is maneuvered alongside the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) during rescue efforts

A view looking down into the fishing boat carrying 55 Vietnamese refug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Vietnamese refugee and his daughter wait to disembark from the Military Sealift Command merchant ship USNS MASON LYKES. They were rescued by the MASON LYKES, along with 57 other refugees, from a small boat in the open ocean

A Vietnamese refugee and his daughter wait to disembark from the Milit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: JOC B. Cornfeld Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An aerial view of one of the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations are working at the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An aerial view of one of the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Ira...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of one of the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations are working at the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An aerial view of one of the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Ira...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An aerial view of part of an Iraqi airfield being repaired by members of a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air detachment. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

An aerial view of part of an Iraqi airfield being repaired by members ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Kurdish boy eats a piece of bread that was given to him by British soldiers on the outskirts of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

A Kurdish boy eats a piece of bread that was given to him by British s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An Air Force master sergeant, second from right, and several Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) discuss plans to repair the bomb-damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Air Force master sergeant, second from right, and several Seabees f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft stands ready for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

An Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft stands ready for ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Keske Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Kurdish refugees gather to collect purified water at their tent city in Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather to collect purified water at their tent city i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Rwandan mother gives her child a drink of water. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need of food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help

A Rwandan mother gives her child a drink of water. Rwandan refugees en...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Refugees line the road leading back to Rwanda

Refugees line the road leading back to Rwanda

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lemuel Casillas Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A Turkish Air Force F-4 makes the approach for an inflight refueling for a mission over Iraq. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A Turkish Air Force F-4 makes the approach for an inflight refueling f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

A Kurdish mother holds her daughter as they wait in line during processing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Operation Pacific Haven provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

A Kurdish mother holds her daughter as they wait in line during proces...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P01 Ku... More

A Kurdish boy waits with his mother during immigration processing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, following an almost 17 hour flight from southern Turkey. Operation PACIFIC HAVEN represents a series of airlifts designed to provide sanctuary for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. Many are considered traitors by the Iraqi Government for working with the CIA-funded Iraqi National Congress and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish boy waits with his mother during immigration processing at A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

Children entertain themselves at a temporary housing facility for Vietnamese refugees

Children entertain themselves at a temporary housing facility for Viet...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R... More

Kurdish refugees await dental and medical treatment at a field facility. The treatment is being administered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees await dental and medical treatment at a field facilit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Potterfield Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A hospital corpsman administers inoculations in the sick bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7). The vessel is transporting personnel and equipment during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A hospital corpsman administers inoculations in the sick bay aboard th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Klein Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to one of his men as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Inskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to ... More

Kurdish children play along the banks of a stream at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camp is one of several that have been established by Kurds who left their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish children play along the banks of a stream at a refugee camp ne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter descends on a Kurdish village to deliver food supplies to refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees

A Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter descends on a Kurdish village...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft takes to the air as it is launched from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) E-2C Hawkeye a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Keske Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) uses a forklift to move a pallet of supplies after his unit's arrival in Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) uses ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Keske Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Milton R. Savage photographs a Marine helping to set up a field mess at the humanitarian services support base during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Milton R. Savage photographs a Marine he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public... More

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drives a self-propelled roller along a stretch of runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drive...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public... More

Aviation ordnancemen secure a Mark 82 500-pound bomb beneath the wing of an Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Aviation ordnancemen secure a Mark 82 500-pound bomb beneath the wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Keske Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Haitian refugees go about their daily routine at the Camp McCalla tent facilities on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More than 14,000 refugees attempted to reach the United States by boat and were picked up by the Coast Guard in international waters and transported to the base at Guantanamo Bay. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Haitian refugees go about their daily routine at the Camp McCalla tent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, flew in relief goods. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public... More

Rwandan refugees, mother and child eat beans from bowls, in the Kibumba refugee camp. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps after civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees, mother and child eat beans from bowls, in the Kibumb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estiamted 2000 refugees die daily because of cholera epidemic. The situation is improving as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A view looking aft on the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD-41) en route to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba showing some of the over 2,600 Cuban refugees being transported to the U.S. Naval Base. U.S. Coast Guard cutters have been rescuing the refugees from small boats, rafts and anything that will float in the waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys and transferring them to the U.S. Navy ships

A view looking aft on the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD-41...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Sokolowski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Kosovar refugees inprocess at the Immigration and Naturalization Center (not shown) at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Refugees arrived at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, on May 5, 1999. This mission is in direct support of Operation Sustain Hope

Kosovar refugees inprocess at the Immigration and Naturalization Cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

A member of H.E.A.R.T., Humanitarian Essential Aid Relief Team, from Aviano Air Base, Italy, distributes food to Bosnian Refugees at Camp Kozina, Slovenia. H.E.A.R.T. aids Eastern European refugees and other displaced persons, through assessment of needs and collection and distribution of resources

A member of H.E.A.R.T., Humanitarian Essential Aid Relief Team, from A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kozina Country: Slovenia (SVN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A.Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

American Red Cross - Refugees - French refugees. Chateau owned by L. Rodman Wanamaker of New York and Philadelphia, at Biarritz, France. Mr. Wanamaker turned this mansion over to A.R.C. as home for refugee women and children

American Red Cross - Refugees - French refugees. Chateau owned by L. R...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Refugees Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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