Diamond Dallas Page, left, a former World Wrestling Federation Wrestler and Rob Dibble, right, a former relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and now an ESPN personality, pose with U.S. Army SPC. Amy Walter at Balad Air Base, Iraq on Sept. 14, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Rob Jensen) (RELEASED)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Balad Air Base
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Jensen, 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
14/09/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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