US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Virgil L. Packett, Commander, Stabilization Forces (SFOR), poses with a child at a local childrens hospital. MGEN Packett along with other Soldiers participated in Operation Smile, a voluntary program of multi-national military personnel designed to bring gifts and happiness to the children of Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE. The gifts bags passed out to the children were purchased with money collected on Camp Butmir from military members representing as many as 37 countries
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
Scene Major Command Shown: SFOR
Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT John P. Rohrer, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/12/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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