US Army SSGT William Yurconic from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York, stands facing the camera and holds M16 rifle with a M203 grenade launcher attached. He is one of the Soldiers from his Company to escort the media into the Somali bunker. It's one of 38 bunkers (not shown) found by the MPs just north of Mogadishu, Somalia. 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: Afgoi
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/01/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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