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A Kurdish girl stands outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, while being housed at the base as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States
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A Kurdish girl stands outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, while being housed at the base as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in 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: PH2 Jeff Vian, USN Release Status: Released to Public
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