A straight on, close-up shot of US Army SPECIALIST George Howell, 1ST of the 64th Mechanized, Bravo Company, Fort Stewart, Georgia, kneeling down on top of his M1A1 Abrams tank. He holds a refueling hose and nozzle in the opening of the tank's refueling port. Two other Soldiers are seen standing on the tank behind Howell. The tank was part of a convoy of vehicles (not shown) that traveled from Victory Base to the old airfield in Mogadishu as part of Operation More Care. Operation More Care is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEMORE CARE
Base: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeffery Allen
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/12/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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