US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1-8 Cavalry Regiment, Iraqi Army Soldiers use a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a roof mounted 7.62 mm M240G machine gun to provide security, as they prepare for civilians during a mass weapons turn-in, near the main power plant in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, 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
19/05/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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