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US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Justin Gang (center), Bravo Company (B Co), 3rd Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 187th Infantry Regiment (1/187th), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), takes up a security position with other members of his unit as they wait for the go-ahead to enter and search a hotel in Bayji, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), for suspected Iraqi insurgents and possible explosive devices during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Bayji
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA
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
20/03/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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