SGT. Mark Howard, U.S. Army, and his wife, Dana, hold up an American flag as they watch the arrival of the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19). The MERCY is returning to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD

Base: San Francisco

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joseph Lancaster

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