Sailors and US Coast Guard District 5 Law Enforcement Detachment personnel approach a 30-foot, single-masted sailboat in a motor launch from the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). The sailboat, which was dead in the water when it was detected by the WHIDBEY ISLAND's radar, in the Caribbean Sea is carrying 92 Haitian refugees. The refugees were taken aboard the WHIDBEY ISLAND and later transferred to a Coast Guard cutter. In accordance with a standing agreement between the United States and Haiti, the refugees were returned to their homeland

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1988-07-18
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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Josn Bert Olsen, USN Release Status: Released to Public

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Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994

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National Archives and Records Administration
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National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6430385
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Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. Sailors and US Coast Guard District 5 Law Enforcement Detachment personnel approach a 30-foot, single-masted sailboat in a motor launch from the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). The sailboat, which was dead in the water when it was detected by the WHIDBEY ISLAND's radar, in the Caribbean Sea is carrying 92 Haitian refugees. The refugees were taken aboard the WHIDBEY ISLAND and later transferred to a Coast Guard cutter. In accordance with a standing agreement between the United States and Haiti, the refugees were returned to their homeland. 1988-07-18. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6430385. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
APA citation style
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994, (1988-07-18) Sailors and US Coast Guard District 5 Law Enforcement Detachment personnel approach a 30-foot, single-masted sailboat in a motor launch from the dock landing ship USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). The sailboat, which was dead in the water when it was detected by the WHIDBEY ISLAND's radar, in the Caribbean Sea is carrying 92 Haitian refugees. The refugees were taken aboard the WHIDBEY ISLAND and later transferred to a Coast Guard cutter. In accordance with a standing agreement between the United States and Haiti, the refugees were returned to their homeland. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6430385
MLA citation style
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6430385>.
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