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US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Anita Nesler, Dark Knights, Delta Company (D Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 67th Armor Regiment (3/67th) 4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), provides security as other members of her unit distribute Humanitarian Assistance (HA) bags containing food and water to the local villagers in Kamaliya, Baghdad Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation VALIANT CURRAHEE, an on-going multi-service relief operation designed to build trust between US forces and local Iraqi citizens, conducted as part of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kamaliya
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Bart A Bauer, Usn
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
27/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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