Civilian media and Military photographers document a team of Iraqi and US Army Veterinarians as they perform surgery on SA'dia, a 32 year old Brown Bear to remove a cancerous tumor from her abdomen at the Baghdad zoo during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Mark Gants (green smock), Veterinarian for Combined Joint Task Force-7 (CJTF-7), USA SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Erin McLoughlin, Medical Technician, 72d Medical Detachment Veterinary Services (VS), teamed up with Doctors Adel Mousa (standing wearing gloves), and Bilal Jabbar (patterned shirt), Baghdad Zoo veterinarians to perform the surgery
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad Zoo
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John L. Houghton Jr., USAF
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
02/11/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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