US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Paul Cook, assigned to Charlie Company, 2-162 Infantry, waits to hear from his company, so he can roll out on a re-supply mission and re-enforce a unit that has taken fire in Sadr City, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sadr City
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ashley Brokop, 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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Date
05/08/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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