An Iraqi translator for the US Army (USA) 1ST Platoon (PLT), A Company (CO) 2nd Battalion-5th Cavalry Regiment (2-5 Cavalry), points to a sign of Sadr on an Iraqi electric plant building after asking plant workers questions about Sadr City, Iraq (IRQ), power issues. The plant is near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Camp Eagle in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sadr City
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF
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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Date
15/04/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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