An Iraqi Army Soldier (foreground) armed with a 7.62mm Tabuk assault rifle pulls security as US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), and Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct operations near a Mosque in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Mosul
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jeremiah Johnson, 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
25/01/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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