Crewmen aboard the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) look at a rainbow as the ship departs Bermuda to begin the final leg of its journey to Naval Station, Charleston, S.C. The NICHOLAS is returning to Charleston following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

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Crewmen aboard the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) look at a rainbow as the ship departs Bermuda to begin the final leg of its journey to Naval Station, Charleston, S.C. The NICHOLAS is returning to Charleston following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

21/03/1991

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Location

-14.59941, -28.67315

Google Map of -14.5994134, -28.6731465

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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