Right Rear View of a US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, kneeling down and inspecting a small box of grenades just handed over to him by a Somali boy. The boy will be given a "chit" and a bag of grain at a temporary distribution area that will be set up nearby. The boy and three other Somali civilians stand near the Marine looking down at what he's doing. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry H Eimer
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/01/1993
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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