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The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense (center right, standing at the lectern), and U.S. Air Force GEN. Richard B. Myers (center left, standing at the lectern), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, speak to U.S. military personnel inside the Qasr al Faw Palace, at Camp Victory, Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Baghdad Province, Iraq, while visiting U.S. military personnel stationed at the Abu Ghurayb (Abu Ghraib) Detention Center and in Baghdad, Baghdad Province, Iraq, on May 13, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Jerry Morrision) (Released)
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Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jerry Morrison, Jr., USAF
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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13/05/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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