Texas Tech University

OIF pics #3 Black Widows in Iraq

Electronic Media Item Number: 069EM0919
Media Type
Electronic Media
Physical Location
Stacks CS65.5J
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Format
CD
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 12 May 2004
General Note
Disc contains photographs of Black Widows in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Disc has photographs split by folders. Folder 1 includes 9 photographs of a helicopter crew, maintenance of a helicopter and a soldier manning a gun while a helicopter is in flight. Folder 2 includes 18 photographs of soldiers taping another soldier to a tree and hanging lights off of him. Folder 3 contains 6 photos of crashed helicopters. Folder 4 includes 3 photographs of a helicopter flying in the desert and the crew on the ground. Folder 5 contains 24 photos of former Black Widows visiting current Black Widows on 30 April 2004. Folder 6 includes 6 photographs of parked, helicopters flying and a view of water from a helicopter. Folder 7 contains 182 photos of helicopters carrying supplies, the inside of a bunker, the outside of a bunker, a ceremony, soldiers around camp, views from helicopters flying, helicopters flying, Saddam International Airport and murals of Saddam Hussein. Folder 8 includes 50 photographs of the Black Widows returning home from deployment and a reunion.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=069EM0919

Citation
OIF pics #3 Black Widows in Iraq, 069EM0919. No Date, Richard (Dick) Detra Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=069EM0919, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
069EM0919, Richard (Dick) Detra Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 30 Apr 2018 [Updated: 02 May 2018]