Not developed or endorsed by NARA or DVIDS. Part of the World's largest public domain source PICRYL.com.

us national archives

somalia

operation restore hope

operation

military operations

mission

relief

mogadishu

somali

public
304 media by topic ∙ page 1 of 4
Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Republic; Ras Azir and Ras Hafun looking southwest taken during the Gemini VII mission during orbit no.130 on December 13,1965. GET time was 208:44 / GMT time w... More

1LT Jama of Somali uses a forward observers sight during mortar exercises conducted as part of a multi-national range training at the Dahlonega Ranger Camp

1LT Jama of Somali uses a forward observers sight during mortar exerci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A C-141 aircraft loadmaster takes the straps off of a pallet of food stuff that was delivered to Mogadishu for distribution to the Somali people. In background Somalis take bags of flour from a truck. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A C-141 aircraft loadmaster takes the straps off of a pallet of food s...

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

A young Somali child moves through the streets of Mogadishu

A young Somali child moves through the streets of Mogadishu

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to... More

Front view of HM3 Todd Pascus, USN, Corpsman, kneeling next to Abraham, a small Somali orphan, as he eats at a Bardera, Somalia school. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

Front view of HM3 Todd Pascus, USN, Corpsman, kneeling next to Abraham...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bardera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Rich Oriez Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Right side profile of a Somali man being carried on a stretcher left to right past the camera. US Army medical personnel from "C" Company, 210 Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, carry the victim into the Aid Station for treatment. Eight Somali nationals (not shown) were injured in the accident and rushed to the aid station. Four of the most seriously injured were treated by soldiers to stabilized them and then transferred to Mogadishu (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Right side profile of a Somali man being carried on a stretcher left t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Somali children watch members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) as they work to improve a local school during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE

Somali children watch members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

As Somali civilians watch, US Marines walk single file toward the camera, down a small ally in Somalia's Bakara Market. The Marines sweep the market looking for arms and munitions as part of Operation Nutcracker. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

As Somali civilians watch, US Marines walk single file toward the came...

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 P... More

A crying Somali toddler walks past a Botswana Defense Force Soldier during an arms raid on the Bakara Market. The Soldier points a 7.62mm FN-FAL, Belgian made rifle, into the air. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A crying Somali toddler walks past a Botswana Defense Force Soldier du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bakara Market, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. Oriez Release Status: Relea... More

A Botswana Defense Force Soldier holds a small piece of wood in right hand and points it toward the camera. He holds in his left hand a Belgian made, 7.62mm FN FAL rifle, standard version. Somali men, women and children are seen behind him and two other Botswana Defense Force Soldiers have their backs to the camera at the right side of the frame. The soldiers are staging a second raid, with US Marines (not shown), on the Bakara Market section of Mogadishu. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A Botswana Defense Force Soldier holds a small piece of wood in right ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bakara Market, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) R. Oriez Release Status: ... More

Three US Marines from the 3rd of the 11th, Twentynine Palms, California, escort a Somali man from the riot scene on a street in Mogadishu. Two Marines, left and center, carry a M16 rifle. The Marine at the right carries a M60 machine gun. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Three US Marines from the 3rd of the 11th, Twentynine Palms, Californi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Michael Halgren Release Status: Released to P... More

Somali men unload sacks of grain from the back of a commerical truck at a feeding center, run by CARE, in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was in effort to flood the streets of Mogadishu with food, and thus weaken the city's bandits. The non-governmental agencies, coalition forces and new Somali police force did a mass food distribution in the Somali capital. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Somali men unload sacks of grain from the back of a commerical truck a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. Oriez Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A Somali man in the food storage warehouse in Kismayo

A Somali man in the food storage warehouse in Kismayo

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G. D. Robinson Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A French soldier from the Military Instruction Advisory Detachment (IMAD) of the 5th Regiment International Army Overseas (RIAOM) trains a Somali policeman in vehicle search techniques in Buurhakaba. The French are providing training for the Somalian police in Baidoa and Buurhakaba

A French soldier from the Military Instruction Advisory Detachment (IM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Buurhakaba Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Jeffrey T. Brady Release Status: Release... More

Somali children at an orphanage anxiously wait to be seen by the Moroccan medical staff

Somali children at an orphanage anxiously wait to be seen by the Moroc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to... More

A Somali woman sells mangos to Melanesian soldiers in an armored personnel carrier (APC)

A Somali woman sells mangos to Melanesian soldiers in an armored perso...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. James Mossman Release Status: Released to... More

A United States Marine Corps Twin Engine Super Cobra helicopter (AH-1W), fires 20mm rounds at Somali General Aideed's weapon cantonment (cantonment not shown). This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

A United States Marine Corps Twin Engine Super Cobra helicopter (AH-1W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Paine Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

The men of the USS RANGER (CV-61), off the coast of Somalia, proudly spell out why they are there...to "Restore Hope" to the Somali people

The men of the USS RANGER (CV-61), off the coast of Somalia, proudly s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Coast

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Coast

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Coast: Indian Ocean taken during the Gemini IX mission during orbit no.44 on June 06,1966. GET time was 69:50 / GMT time was 11:15. Original magazine number wa... More

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Coast

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Coast

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Coast (partial frame) taken during the Gemini IX mission during orbit no.44 on June 06,1966. GET time was 69:50 / GMT time was 11:15. Original magazine number ... More

Straight on, medium close-up of a Somali girl, approximately six or seven years old. She wears a flowered dress and leans against the entrance to a bamboo hut with a dirt floor. US Congressmen (not shown) visited this village and feeding center to see conditions firsthand

Straight on, medium close-up of a Somali girl, approximately six or se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Baidoa Airstrip Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released ... More

Left side profile of a US Marine standing guard over two Somali nationals captured at the early morning raid on Somali Warlord General Aideed's cantonment area. The Marine holds is M16A2 rifle in his right hand and it's pointed toward the ground. One Somali is sitting on the ground with his hands tied behind his back and the other Somali, at left, stands with the support of wooden crutches. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Left side profile of a US Marine standing guard over two Somali nation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Carmen Yebba Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A Somali child waits for her allotment of food at a food delivery site set up during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

A Somali child waits for her allotment of food at a food delivery site...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Baidoa Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Joseph Dorey Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Shot on the ground of a refueling in progress. A US Marine AH-1 "Cobra" attack helicopter is facing left in the right foreground of the frame. A US Marine KC-130 Refueling Plane faces right in the background of the frame. Two US Marine crew members stand between the aircraft as a fuel line runs from the KC-130 and the AH-1. Both aircraft and its crew members are from VMGR-352, El Toro Marine Air Station, California. The refueling allows the helicopters to return to escorting a food convoy (not shown) and preventing them from being robbed and harassed by Somali bandits. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Shot on the ground of a refueling in progress. A US Marine AH-1 "Cobra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Belet Huen Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David Mcleod Release Status: Released to Pu... More

US Army SSGT William Yurconic from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York, stands facing the camera and holds M16 rifle with a M203 grenade launcher attached. He is one of the Soldiers from his Company to escort the media into the Somali bunker. It's one of 38 bunkers (not shown) found by the MPs just north of Mogadishu, Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Army SSGT William Yurconic from the 511th Military Police Company, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Close up, as LCPL K. Ushuka, a member of the Botswana United Nations Forces, looks over his left shoulder at the camera. He is partially out of the top turret of a US made Cadillac Gage Commando V-150 Armored Personnel Carrier. While on watch at the western perimeter of the Mogadishu Airport, a Somali national walks left to right in front of his vehicle. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Close up, as LCPL K. Ushuka, a member of the Botswana United Nations F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lemuel Casillas Release Status: Rele... More

A Somali refugee child eats as he sits with his mother at an aid station during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

A Somali refugee child eats as he sits with his mother at an aid stati...

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

The right hand of a MP from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York, is seen at the extreme right hand side of the frame holding the barrel of a US made M1 rifle. The rifle is one of many found in crates inside a Somali bunker. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

The right hand of a MP from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba Release Status: Released to Pu... More

US Marine CPL Jose Serrano (left) helps a Somali woman on crutches from a clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia, where US Navy doctors (not shown) conducted a medical civic action program in the capital city. CPL Serrano, a resident of Imperial Valley, California, is deployed to Somalia with the 1ST Landing Support Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Marine CPL Jose Serrano (left) helps a Somali woman on crutches fro...

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 P... More

A Navy corpsman, assigned to Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), examines a Somali infant while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Navy corpsman, assigned to Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

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

US Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class James Brown (right) applies topical oint...

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 P... More

Medium, night time shot, right side profile, of a US Army Soldier from the 10th Mountain Division pointing an M16 rifle into an enclosure. He checks for weapons during a sweep of the small Somali village of Afgooye. The town is reported to be a haven for weapons and bandits. The 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, New York, is deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope

Medium, night time shot, right side profile, of a US Army Soldier from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgooye Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Pub... More

This is a poster that contains four individual photographs. The topic of the photos is the medical evacuation flight of US Army CWO3 Michael Durant. He was an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot that was shot down over Mogadishu by forces loyal to Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid. Durant was held captive for eleven days before being released. He was Medivaced by US Air Force C-141 Starlifter to Landstuhl US Army Regional Medical Center in Germany. The top photo on the poster shows a right front view of a member of the media looking through the lens on his video camera. The photo, middle left, shows three US Air Force members facing the camera and holding small American flags. The AIRMAN...

This is a poster that contains four individual photographs. The topic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: This is a poster that contains four individual photographs. The topic of the photos is the medical evacuation flight of US Army... More

Close-up shot of US Navy LT Jonathan Walper, left, a physician aboard the US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS AMERICA, CV66, looking into the ear of a young Somali boy who is experiencing some hearing loss. LT Walper, along with other medical personnel from the Austin Class, Amphibious Transport Ship, USS DENVER LPD 9, was in Marka, Somalia from 11 November to 14 November 1993 in support of Operation Show Care. This operation is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Close-up shot of US Navy LT Jonathan Walper, left, a physician aboard ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A Somali villager with his camels

A Somali villager with his camels

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G.D. Robinson Release Status: Released to P... More

A Somali woman passes through a Moroccan checkpoint near the city of Marka. The Moroccan Army maintains a base in Marka

A Somali woman passes through a Moroccan checkpoint near the city of M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to... More

A Moroccan Army doctor prepares to administer a vaccination to a Somali child

A Moroccan Army doctor prepares to administer a vaccination to a Somal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to... More

US Navy LT. Dennis Mckenna, a surgeon with the 46th Medical Task Force treat Somali children at a recent MEDCAP exercise. LT. Mckenna communicates with the children through the aid of an interpreter, Abdi Ahmed

US Navy LT. Dennis Mckenna, a surgeon with the 46th Medical Task Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Mossman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A United Nations Forces soldier is in foreground and walks past an iron gate. Somali Nationals gather and peer through the gate in the background. A civilian appears is walking through the opening in the gate from left to right. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

A United Nations Forces soldier is in foreground and walks past an iro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Gemini IV Mission Image - Somali coast north of Mogadishu

Gemini IV Mission Image - Somali coast north of Mogadishu

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali coast north of Mogadishu taken during the Gemini IV mission during orbit no. 45,on June 6,1965. G.E.T time is 70:00 / GMT time is 13:15. Original magazine numb... More

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Aden, Somali Republic; Gulf of Aden and Ras Azir, taken during the Gemini VII mission on December 12,1965. GET time was 186:16 / GMT time was 12:13. Original magazine... More

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Republic: coastline northeast of Mogadishu taken during the Gemini VII mission during orbit no.131 on December 13,1965. GET time was 210:15 / GMT time was 12:18... More

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Republic: Ras Azir, Ras Hafun, Indian Ocean and Socotra Island taken during the Gemini IX mission during orbit no.43 on June 06,1966. GET time was 68:08 / GMT t... More

A US Marine, standing back to camera, guards seven Somali nationals that sit on the ground next to a Somali, Soviet made BTR-60, Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier. The Marine holds his M16A2 rifle pointed into the air. The Somalis were detained from an early morning raid on Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A US Marine, standing back to camera, guards seven Somali nationals th...

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 P... More

Medium shot of US Air Force SSGT David Dreier, and airfield operator assigned to the Red Horse Squadron unit, goes over a section of runway with a vibrating roller after water was sprayed on it. A group of Somali men, women and children watch the action in the background. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Medium shot of US Air Force SSGT David Dreier, and airfield operator a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Hoddur Airstrip Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT M. Preston Release Status: Released to ... More

Somali men wave money at a U.S. serviceman sitting on a wall during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

Somali men wave money at a U.S. serviceman sitting on a wall during th...

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

A member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) monitors food distribution in a Somali village outside Baidoa during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts. The Marine is armed with an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

A member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) monitors foo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) Joseph Dorey Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A member of Charlie Company 210th Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, back to camera, attends to a head wound on a Somali man that was in a car accident just outside Baledogle. Eight Somalis, involved in the accident (not shown), were rushed to the Aid Station. Four of the most serious were treated, stabilized and then Medevac to Mogadishu. The mission by medical personnel is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A member of Charlie Company 210th Forward Support Battalion, 10th Moun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 machine guns and M-16A2 rifles stay on the alert for snipers as they surround the weapons cantonment area of Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed. GEN. Aideed's compound seized by the Marines was an early morning raid

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Two US Marines on top of an M1A1 Abrams tank man .50 caliber machine guns, ready to return fire on the cantonment area of the Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed

Two US Marines on top of an M1A1 Abrams tank man .50 caliber machine g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Carmen T. Yebba Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Marine standing behind and manning a Mark-19 Grenade Launcher mounted on a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Only the very top of the HMMWV is seen. Somali civilians are seen in the background. He stays alert for snipers in the Bakara Market as the unit sweeps the crowded Bakara, Mogadishu market for arms and ammunition. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A US Marine standing behind and manning a Mark-19 Grenade Launcher mou...

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

A convoy of US Marines and Army personnel leave Mogadishu Airport on an arms for food exchange mission. Leading the convoy is a head on shot of a US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck with Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, standing in the back carrying M16 rifles. A US Army M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with PSYOPS personnel talking over load speakers to the Somali people turn around a corner behind the truck. Behind the PSYOPS vehicle is a desert camouflages Humvee with armed Marines sitting in the back. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A convoy of US Marines and Army personnel leave Mogadishu Airport on a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Release... More

Right side profile of US Marine GYSGT Charles Restifo, 1ST Combat Engineers, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, hands a sack of grain to a Somali woman who's also holding a baby. Other Marines, civilian United Nations relief workers and Somalis are in the background. After the food for guns exchange was completed, the surplus grain was handed out to women and old men in a effort to win over the people of Mogadishu. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Right side profile of US Marine GYSGT Charles Restifo, 1ST Combat Engi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Pub... More

LT. Curtis Anderson, a doctor serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), examines a Somali infant while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

LT. Curtis Anderson, a doctor serving with Combat Service Support Deta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), examines a Somali infant. He is participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A Marine talks with a group of Somali boys who are waiting to be examined by a Navy corpsman. Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15) is conducting a medical civic action program in the streets of the city during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Marine talks with a group of Somali boys who are waiting to be exami...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Somali children display the shirts given to them by Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 participating in the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

Somali children display the shirts given to them by Marines of Regimen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. J. Oriez Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Low angle shot looking up at US Army PFC Steven Battle holding a M60 Machine Gun in his right arm. He's pointing it in the air. Battle, a 10th Mountain Division Soldier from Rochester, New York, keeps a close watch on a road leading to the intersection he is posted at during a sunset raid on the Somali village of Afgooye. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Low angle shot looking up at US Army PFC Steven Battle holding a M60 M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgooye Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Somali man drives a tractor pulling a trailer full of supplies at the food storage warehouse in Kismayo. After the food is accounted for, it is delivered to food distribution centers throughout the city by United Nations Forces in Somalia in support of OPERATION CONTINUE HOPE

A Somali man drives a tractor pulling a trailer full of supplies at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G. D. Robinson Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A Somali villager with his camels

A Somali villager with his camels

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G.D. Robinson Release Status: Released to P... More

A Somali military policeman inspects the papers of a Somali citizen at a roadside checkpoint in Buurhakaba as a French policeman watches. The French are providing training for the Somalian police in Baidoa and Buurhakaba

A Somali military policeman inspects the papers of a Somali citizen at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Buurhakaba Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Jeffrey T. Brady Release Status: Release... More

At a roadside checkpoint where Moroccan soldiers search Somali vehicles for weapons, a Somali shares a coconut with the Moroccans. Somalis sell their bananas and coconuts at the checkpoint

At a roadside checkpoint where Moroccan soldiers search Somali vehicle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Republic: coastline south of Mogadishu taken during the Gemini VII mission during orbit no.190 on December 17,1965. GET time was 303:37 / GMT time was 11:09. O... More

Gemini IX Mission Image - Ethiopia/Somali/French Somali

Gemini IX Mission Image - Ethiopia/Somali/French Somali

The original caption reads: Partial frame photograph of Ethiopia-Somali-French Somali: Land Gulf of Aden taken during the Gemini IX mission during orbit no. 43 on June 06,1966. GET time was 68:06 / GMT time wa... More

Straight on, close-up shot of the gun turret on a Somali, Italian made, Fiat-Oto Melara Type 6616 Armored Car. The bent gun turret points down and to the right. It was seized from Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on, close-up shot of the gun turret on a Somali, Italian made...

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 P... More

Somali vendors ply their wares on a busy city street during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

Somali vendors ply their wares on a busy city street during the multin...

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

A member of Naval Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1), assisted by a Somali, uses a chain saw to cut down a stump in a school playground. NMCB-1 is conducting a civic action program to improve the school during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE

A member of Naval Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1), assisted by a Som...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Right rear view of the open cargo doors on the tail of a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo plane. A large four-wheeled forklift removes a pallet of cargo from the rear of the C-130. In the foreground is a strapped down pallet with bags of grain. The aircraft and its crew are from 179th Airlift Group, Ohio Air National Guard, Mansfield, Ohio. The food is destined for the Somali towns of Baidia and Bardera. The aircraft delivered more than 45,000 pounds of food for the two locations. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Right rear view of the open cargo doors on the tail of a USAF C-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A Somali girl watches U.S. personnel during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Somali girl watches U.S. personnel during the multinational relief e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

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

A US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendeton, California hands out a small sack of grain to a Somali woman at a feeding center. Other locals gather for the hand out. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), treats Somali women while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), treats a Somali's foot while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A Navy corpsman serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15) treats a Somali girl's infected foot. He is participating in a medical civic action program being conducted during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Navy corpsman serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A US Navy dentist (left) examines the teeth of a Somali man as part of a medical civic action program conducted in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia. The dentist is from the Marine Expeditionary Unit, Service Support Group 15, Camp Pendleton, California. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A US Navy dentist (left) examines the teeth of a Somali man as part of...

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 P... More

US Navy CHIEF Photographer's Mate Robert Sasek allows a Somali boy from the village of Maleel to look through the viewfinder of his video camera. Sasek, an Alton, Illinois native, is deployed with Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group to Somalia to document the efforts of Joint Task Force Somalia. Sasek was outside the village to document the delivery of wheat to the villagers by US Marine helicopters (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Navy CHIEF Photographer's Mate Robert Sasek allows a Somali boy fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Maleel Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A US Army Soldier, left, uses a hand held metal detector to scan the body of a Somali man for weapons. An agreement has been reached between Sword Base personnel and "non-aggressive" clam leaders. It states that an equal amount of members from each clan will be allowed to work at Sword Base on any given day. A second Somali man looks on at the far right. This mission is in direct support of Operation RESTORE HOPE

A US Army Soldier, left, uses a hand held metal detector to scan the b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Sword Base, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Relea... More

A Somali woman working in the fields in Kismayo

A Somali woman working in the fields in Kismayo

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G.D. Robinson Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Straight on shot of a group of people posing for a picture. US Marine LT Ron Stevens, front and center, with black goggles on his Kevlar helmet, from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses with US Marine and Nigerian Army Engineers at the Restore Hope Orphanage in Mogadishu, Somalia. The joint effort by the Soldiers repaired the roof of the orphanage (not shown) in preparation for the upcoming rainy season. The orphanage is the home for about 1800 Somali orphans ranging from infants to mid-teens. Stevens, a three-year USMC veteran, is 28 years old and if from Los Angeles, California. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on shot of a group of people posing for a picture. US Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Saudi Arabian High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) wait for food stores to be off-loaded at the Mogadishu seaport. The food will be provided to the Somali people

Saudi Arabian High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) wait...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: Pv2 Andrew W. Mcgalliard Release Status: Released to... More

A Somali citizen leans casually against his vehicle as it is searched by a Moroccan soldier at a roadside checkpoint

A Somali citizen leans casually against his vehicle as it is searched ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Moroccan soldier searches through a basket of food on the back of a Somali truck at a roadside checkpoint

A Moroccan soldier searches through a basket of food on the back of a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

MAJ. (Doctor) Bitca Viorel, begins to remove the packing from a Somali man who was wounded during fighting in Mogadishu. The Somali was shot in the buttocks, sustaining damage to his small intestine, bladder, and bones in his upper leg. This hospital is administered by the Romanians

MAJ. (Doctor) Bitca Viorel, begins to remove the packing from a Somali...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Levern J. Mcqueen Release Status: Released to P... More

US Navy LT. Dennis Mckenna, a surgeon with the 46th Medical Task Force treat Somali children at a recent MEDCAP exercise. LT. Mckenna communicates with the children through the aid of an interpreter, Abdi Ahmed

US Navy LT. Dennis Mckenna, a surgeon with the 46th Medical Task Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Mossman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

Gemini VII Mission Image - Somali Republic

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali Republic; Ras Azir, Ras Hafun, and Adu Al Kuri Island, taken during the Gemini VII mission during orbit no.101 on December 11,1965. GET time was 160:37 / GMT ti... More

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali

Gemini IX Mission Image - Somali

The original caption reads: Photograph of Somali: Indian Ocean coast looking west taken during the Gemini IX mission during orbit no.44 on June 06,1966. GET time was 69:49 / GMT time was 11:13. Original magaz... More

Low angle view of three US Marines in the back of a M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck. The Marine closest to the camera holds in his arms a M60 Machine gun. The Marines in the middle points a M16 machine gun toward the ground and the Marine at far left mans a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the front stack rack of the truck. They are on alert as the unit has surrounded the weapons cantonment area of Somali Warlord General Aideed. Their mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Low angle view of three US Marines in the back of a M54 Series 5-ton C...

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 P... More

A Marine gestures to a group of Somali women sitting behind a truck during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A Marine gestures to a group of Somali women sitting behind a truck du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Right side profile of 1SGT Henry Williams, USA, Medic, as kneels down and holes a vile of medicine. The medicine is for a Somali child, Abraham, not shown. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

Right side profile of 1SGT Henry Williams, USA, Medic, as kneels down ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bardera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Rich Oriez Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Army medical personnel from "C" Company, 210 Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, attend to a head wound suffered by a Somali in an auto accident just outside Baledogle. Eight Somali nationals (not shown) were injured in the accident and rushed to the aid station. Four of the most seriously injured were treated by soldiers to stabilized them and then transferred to Mogadishu (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Army medical personnel from "C" Company, 210 Forward Support Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Straight on shot of two crates filled with unidentified munitions. The crate on top has writing on it that looks Arabic. The bottom crate has writing in English. The crates were found in one of an estimated 38 Somali bunkers by MPs from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on shot of two crates filled with unidentified munitions. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A portion of the nearly one-million rounds of ammunition confiscated at Check Point Condor are palletized at the 2/87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York's Command Post south of the Somali town of Marka. Weapons were captured at checkpoints and patrols (not shown) conducted and around the area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A portion of the nearly one-million rounds of ammunition confiscated a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Confiscated Somali weapons at checkpoint Condor in Marka, Somalia. They are mostly small arms and crew weapons that are lined up against the wall of a building. The weapons were taken by the 2/87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, and await shipment to Mogadishu. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Confiscated Somali weapons at checkpoint Condor in Marka, Somalia. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Straight on, medium shot of a US Army Soldier from the 9th PSYOPS, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, handing leaflets to the several outreached arms of Somali Nationals on the streets of Kisymo, Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on, medium shot of a US Army Soldier from the 9th PSYOPS, For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

Low angle, medium close-up of a US Army Soldier from the 9th PSYOPS, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, handing leaflets to the several outreached arms of Somali Nationals on the streets of Kismayo, Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Low angle, medium close-up of a US Army Soldier from the 9th PSYOPS, F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

An AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopter fires two 2.75 inch FFAR's (Folding Fin Aerial Rockets) at the weapons cantonment area held by Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed

An AH-1 Cobra Gunship helicopter fires two 2.75 inch FFAR's (Folding F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Daniel R. Hart Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marines of Task Force Mogadishu prepare to storm the weapons cantonment area of Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed while a UH-1 Huey helicopter flies overhead

US Marines of Task Force Mogadishu prepare to storm the weapons canton...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Daniel R. Hart Release Status: Released to P... More

Shot down a Somali street as US Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, patrolling the streets of Mogadishu in their arms for food mission. A US Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies overhead providing cover and dropping leaflets. The Marines prefer to have the Somalis give up their weapons for food, but have orders to take the arms by force if they see them. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Shot down a Somali street as US Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Straight on shot of a Somali Woman clinging to the right side of the dump rack on an Isuzu dump truck. She watches the men load the bags of wheat donated by the people of Australia (not shown). The delivery of the donated Australian wheat was a cooperative effort between the US Marines, who provided the helicopter, and the Australian Army, which provided the security (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Straight on shot of a Somali Woman clinging to the right side of the d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Maleel Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Two Somali men face the camera and hold up some of the seafood available at a beachside market in Mogadishu. Four other Somali men stand just behind the first two and face the camera. The market is crowded with locals in the background. The market is protected by the task force that is assigned to Operation Restore Hope (not shown)

Two Somali men face the camera and hold up some of the seafood availab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Previous

of 4

Next
getarchive logo

NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive

The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

Disclaimer: A work of the U.S. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. National Archives or DVIDS.  https://www.picryl.com

Links

Developed by GetArchive, 2015-2024