Members of the 940th Military Police Company (MP CO), Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), Walton, Kentucky (KY), stand in formation as they prepare to receive their Combat Action Patch at Camp Echo, Diwanyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Camp Echo
State: Qadisiyah Ad Diwahniyah
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Aw/Nac) Edward Martens, Usn
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
15/04/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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