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Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estiamted 2000 refugees die daily because of cholera epidemic. The situation is improving as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A soldier observe US military cargo off-loading operations at the Goma Airport

A soldier observe US military cargo off-loading operations at the Goma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California at the Goma Airport provides a backdrop for a group of refugees who fled in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A C-130 Hercules from the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Alconbury, England arrive at the Goma Airport to delivery cargos. A soldier on a four-wheeled motorcycle is in the foreground

A C-130 Hercules from the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Alcon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation improves as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan mother feeds her child. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

A Rwandan mother feeds her child. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estiamted 2000 refugees die daily because of cholera epidemic. The situation is improving as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan mother gives her child a drink of water. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need of food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help

A Rwandan mother gives her child a drink of water. Rwandan refugees en...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan mother feeds her child. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need of food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help

A Rwandan mother feeds her child. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Members of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock AFB, Ark, conduct night cargo operations at Goma Airport. The pallet contain relief goods bound for Rwandan refugees

Members of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock AFB, Ark, conduct night cargo ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 7th Special Operations Squadron, Alconbury, England on the ramp at the Goma Airport after arriving with a load of relief supplies for the Rwandan refugees. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 7th Special Operations Squadron, Alco...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees who have come to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees who have come to Goma after a civil war erupted in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

French military helicopters provide security at Goma Airport

French military helicopters provide security at Goma Airport

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandans refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California is downloaded, using a forklift, of relief goods for the refugees who fled the civil war in Rwanda at the Goma Airport

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees observe as relief supplies are taken off of the C-141 Starlifter with a forklift at the Goma Airport. The aircraft is assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

Rwandan refugees observe as relief supplies are taken off of the C-141...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a ci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

TALCE Control Center in Goma Airport

TALCE Control Center in Goma Airport

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugee family of mother and children stand by a makeshift shelter, which along with what they carry, constitute all their worldly possessions. They are in the Kibuma refugee camp near Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps

Rwandan refugee family of mother and children stand by a makeshift she...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

In the tent city at Goma Airport, LTCOL Roger Edwards, Commander of the 314th Tactical Airlift Control Element (TALCE) briefs newly arrived personnel about their mission as members of the refugee relief effort

In the tent city at Goma Airport, LTCOL Roger Edwards, Commander of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Secretary of Defense William Perry and Brig. GEN. Jack Nix visit the refugee camps at Goma

Secretary of Defense William Perry and Brig. GEN. Jack Nix visit the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A French soldier provides security at the Goma Airport

A French soldier provides security at the Goma Airport

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California at the Goma Airport provides a backdrop for a group of refugees who fled the civil war in Rwanda. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Russian IL-76 transport after arrival at Goma Airport with relief supplies for the Rwandan refugees

A Russian IL-76 transport after arrival at Goma Airport with relief su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Russian cargo aircraft arrive at Goma Airport to deliver relief goods to the Rwandan refugees

A Russian cargo aircraft arrive at Goma Airport to deliver relief good...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US military forklift and truck pass by Rwandans who have come to Goma to escape the civil war that has erupted in their country

A US military forklift and truck pass by Rwandans who have come to Gom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A view of the entrance to the Kibumba refugee camp near Goma where over 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to after civil war erupted in their country

A view of the entrance to the Kibumba refugee camp near Goma where ove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Shot of the Kibumba refugee camp at Goma. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country

Shot of the Kibumba refugee camp at Goma. An estimated 1.2 million Rwa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Relief goods are loaded on a truck at Goma Airport

Relief goods are loaded on a truck at Goma Airport

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A view of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

A view of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan family pose in front of their makeshift home. The refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

A Rwandan family pose in front of their makeshift home. The refugees e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A member of the Zaire armed forces stands in front of the terminal building at the Goma Airport. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

A member of the Zaire armed forces stands in front of the terminal bui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a ci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan refugee who has come to Goma to escape the civil war that has erupted in his country

A Rwandan refugee who has come to Goma to escape the civil war that ha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of Cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Night shot of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Night shot of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain phot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A member of the 314th Tactical Airlift Control Element (TALCE) uses a forklift to move a pallet of relief supplies for the Rwandan refugees. In the background a French helicopter sits at the Goma Airport. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

A member of the 314th Tactical Airlift Control Element (TALCE) uses a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Secretary of Defense William Perry and Brig. GEN. Jack Nix, JTF forward commander, visit the refugee camps at Goma

Secretary of Defense William Perry and Brig. GEN. Jack Nix, JTF forwar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation improves as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps where due to outbreak of cholera an estimated 2000 die daily

A stream of Rwandan refugees, carrying all their possession, walk into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugee family of mother and children stand by a makeshift shelter, which along with what they carry, constitute all their worldly possessions. They are in the Kibuma refugee camp near Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. They joined over 1.2 million other refugees who fled into the refugee camps

Rwandan refugee family of mother and children stand by a makeshift she...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A C-130 Hercules from the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Alconbury, England arrive at the Goma Airport to delivery cargos

A C-130 Hercules from the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Alcon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Two Rwandan children/refugees wait on the flight line for some relief supplies. In the background a Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California is parked on the ramp of the Goma Airport. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

Two Rwandan children/refugees wait on the flight line for some relief ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees who have come to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees who have come to Goma after a civil war erupted in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees walk near an Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California on the landing strip at the Goma Airport. The U.S. military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargoes to assist in the humanitarian effort

Rwandan refugees walk near an Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Close-up of Rwandan children. Rwandan refugees entered Goma after a ci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A view of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

A view of Goma Airport - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Rwandan family pose in front of their makeshift home. The refugees entered Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

A Rwandan family pose in front of their makeshift home. The refugees e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. In need for food and water at the camps, the US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation improves as fresh water provided by US military teams reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees

Rwandans at the Kitali refugee camp in Goma. The refugees came to Goma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Operation SUPPORT HOPE. Members of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, conduct night cargo operations at Goma Airport. The pallet contain relief goods bound for Rwandan refugees

Operation SUPPORT HOPE. Members of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock Air Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More