As an Iraqi father (right) watches, U.S. Army SPC. Alexis Weiler (left), STAFF SGT. Tyree Clayton (second from left), and STAFF SGT. Eric Cants (second from right), all medics at the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1ST Infantry Division, Battalion Aid Station at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Brassfield-Mora, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, provide care to a six-year old Iraqi girl suffering from second degree burns over 70 percent of her body in order to transport her to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in the city of Samarra, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, on Oct. 3, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by TECH. SGT. Lee Harshman) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fob Brassfield-Mora
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Harshman, 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
03/10/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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