U.S. Army COL. Randal Dragon (right), Commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1ST Infantry Division, debriefs USA LT. GEN. Thomas F. Metz (left) and Iraqi LT. GEN. Nasier A. Abadi, Deputy CHIEF of STAFF, Iraqi Joint Forces, during a meeting at forward operating base Brassfield-Mora, Iraq, on Sept 23, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Lee Harshman) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fob Brassfield-Mora
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Harshman, 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
23/09/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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