Somalia - 1993

Photos taken by Kenneth Surratt while on assignment in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, and while on R&R in Kenya.

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Waiting at ammo supply point

Kenneth Surratt and Darren Terrell SSG Shufford atop Hummer Tent city at airport

[1]  Waiting at ammo supply point (ASP)  [2]  Kenneth Surratt and Darren Terrell at airport
[3]  SSG Shufford atop Hummer  [4]  Tent city at Mogadishu airport

Kenneth Surratt

Howard McMasters Unknown - along the seacoast Unknown - along the seacoast

[5]  Kenneth Surratt is disk jockey in spare time  [6]  Howard McMasters
[7]  Along the Somali coast - Michael Gaffney, Lt. Patterson's driver
[8]  Along the Somali seacoast - Lt Eric Patterson, Michael Gaffney, driver

Somalia landscape

Zeroing weapons Unknown with target Kenneth Surratt

[9]  Somali landscape  [10]  Zeroing weapons 
[11]  1Lt. Eric Patterson, Support Platoon leader  [12]  Kenneth Surratt prepares to fire

Mogadishu highway

Mogadishu highway Mogadishu neighborhood Unknown driver

[13]  Mogadishu - providing cover  [14]  University Compound in Mogadishu
[15]  Mogadishu neighborhood  [16] 
Carl Bazile

Hotel International in Mombasa, Kenya

Kenneth Surratt and medic aboard plane Aboard plane to Kenya Mortar platoon members

[17] Hotel International in Mombasa, Kenya  [18]  En route to Kenya R&R, Kenneth Surratt at left
[19]  SSG Andrews (standing, left), aboard plane to Kenya  [20]  Aboard plane

Aboard plane to Kenya

Waiting for flight

[21]  HHC Mortar Platoon members on plane to Kenya; 1st face on right: Gregory Walker,
         4th face from right: James R. "Nutty" Genung
[22]  Waiting for plane to arrive;  Bottom: James Genung


  

 

Acknowledgements:
2/14th Infantry Scrapbook:  Somalia - 1993
Copyright © 2010 Kirk S. Ramsey
Pictures Copyright © 2010 Kenneth Surratt
Last modified: April 02, 2020