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US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Tim Brunson, Tank Driver, California Army National Guard (CAARNG), 1ST Battalion, 185th Armor Regiment (1-185th Armor), San Bernardino, California (CA), enjoys some time with some local Iraqi boys during a Medical Civil Affairs Program (MEDCAP) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USA SPC Brunson said, "I never thought I would be doing this at my age, but Im having a lot of fun making a positive difference in these peoples' lives."
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Balad
State: Salah Ad Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, 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
22/06/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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