Members of B Company, 1-502nd Infantry Battalion, 101st Airborne Division conduct a patrol and search a vehicle during Operation Desert Scorpion. The operation is an effort to disrupt terrorist activities near Rushdie Mula, Iraq. The photo was taken on the afternoon of April 20, 2006 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class David D. Isakson) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Mahmudiyah
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD
Scene Camera Operator: SFC David D. Isakson, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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