US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Carlos Gonzales, 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM), Fort Hood, Texas (TX), Logistics Support Area (LAS) Anaconda, Iraq, shows the proper wear of a Kevlar helmet to a youngster during a visit to a school in the town of Al Rafae during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SGT Gonzales and fellow Soldiers delivered school supplies donated by Pepperdine University in California students
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Al Rafae
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon Ii, 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
01/04/2004
Location
Fort Cavazos, 31.13489, -97.77561
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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