US Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40, embarked onboard the Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), clean the ground before building a basketball court at a local school during a community relations project at Tarakan, Indonesia. The MERCY is currently off the coast to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of this coastal city. The ship is in its third month of a scheduled five-month deployment to host nations in the Pacific Islands, and South and Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Ryan Clement) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Tarakan
Country: Indonesia (IND)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Ryan Clement, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
11/08/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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