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Kurdish refugees gather outside the fence at a medical clinic and water purification station set up on the outskirts of the city by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is providing services to the refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

CPL Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) checks a sample of purified water. The Marines and sailors of MSSG-24 have set up a medical clinic and water purification station on the outskirts of the city to provide services to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPL. Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) uses a comparator kit to check the chlorine level of some purified water. The Marines and sailors of MSSG-24 have set up a medical clinic and water purification station on the outskirts of the city to provide services to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station to receive food supplies from Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic, water station, and food supplies are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 distribute food to Kurdish refugees at a health clinic and water purification station. The clinic, water station, and food supplies are 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 children gather around members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 near a health clinic and water purification station set up by the Marines. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines shield themselves from flying debris as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lands in a courtyard in the city. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish refugees gather outside a medical clinic and water purification station set up on the outskirts of the city by Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as part of Operation Provide Comfort

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Base: Zakhu

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

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27/04/1991
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