A man and two children fleeing Liberia's civil war wait to be evacuated aboard a Marine Corps helicopter on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. After processing aboard one of the ships of an amphibious ready group on station off the Liberian coast, evacuees are flown to Sierra Leone. The ready group is also providing personnel and logistic support for the embassy
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE
Base: Monrovia
Country: Liberia (LBR)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/08/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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