Standing on the platform during a ceremony in their honor are, from left, LT. Robert Wetzel, LT. Lawrence Slade and LT. Jeffrey Zaun. The three naval aviators had been held prisoner by Iraq after being shot down during Operation Desert Storm. Also on the platform are, from right, Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III, CHIEF of Naval Operations Adm. Frank B. Kelso II and Adm. Paul D. Miller, commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) Jeff Elliott
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/03/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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