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Iraqi subcontractors at the annex to the Ibn Sina Army Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, work on a roof construction method, not used in the US, it is a modification of a traditional Iraqi building method. A shallow arch is created with bricks and mortar between steel or pre-fabricated concrete beams, and when set, will support a poured concrete deck. This project has been planned, managed, and quality-controlled by US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and site managers. Taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV
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
10/07/2005
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The U.S. National Archives
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