US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command visits with Kurdish children in a hospital tent at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. The tents are used for routine physical examinations and immunization of Kurdish evacuees being temporarily housed at Andersen AFB. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN
Base: Andersen Air Base
State: Guam (GU)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: P02jeff Viano
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/10/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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