Members of the 7th Light Infantry Division offload from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft upon their arrival. U.S. troops, including members of the 7th Light Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division, spent two weeks participating in a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT
Base: Pope Air Force Base
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Bob Simons
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1988
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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