This shows the separation of the concrete from the steel rebar at the Similan Secondary School construction site, which the US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) is funding, managing, and performing ongoing quality control in Erbil, Arbil Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Erbil
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV, Usace
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
13/07/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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