Back to the galleryAugust 23, 1994
The deck of a gray cruiser crowded with people leaning on the rails; in the foreground, uniformed sailors on the ladder and a yellow tarp.

More than 600 Cubans aboard the USS Vicksburg arrive at the Guantanamo naval base, the first to arrive on a Navy ship, August 23, 1994. Photo by Sgt. Timothy E. Lemaster.

Photo: Sgt. Timothy E. Lemaster / U.S. Department of Defense (NARA). Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Related chapter: The Rafter Crisis (1994)

Date
August 23, 1994
Place
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Photographer
SGT Timothy E. Lemaster
Archive
National Archives and Records Administration
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Original
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