Members of the 203rd Iraqi National Guard Battalion (left), U.S. Army Task Force 1-77 Armor (center), and local Iraqi leaders salute during the Iraqi national anthem at Forward Operating Base Paliwoda, Iraq, during an award ceremony for outstanding achievement in support of building the new Iraqi National Guard during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Sept. 3, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Shane A. Cuomo) (RELEASED)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fob Paliwoda
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane A. Cuomo, 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
03/09/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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