A soldier from the 1181st Transportation Terminal Unit holds the tail of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter as it is pulled across the pier during loading operations at Blount Island Terminal. Helicopters and support equipment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are being loaded aboard the Saudi Hail for transport to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD
Base: Jacksonville
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhoffen
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/09/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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