Back to the galleryAugust 24, 1994
Overhead view of a ship's deck where dozens of men rest on tarps and blankets; a large U.S. flag hangs across the lower part of the frame.

Aboard the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island, bound for the Guantanamo naval base with some of the more than 2,600 Cuban refugees it was carrying, August 24, 1994. Photo by PH2 John Sokolowski, U.S. Navy.

Photo: PH2 John Sokolowski / U.S. Department of Defense (NARA). Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Related chapter: The Rafter Crisis (1994)

Date
August 24, 1994
Place
Caribbean Sea, bound for Guantanamo
Photographer
PH2 John Sokolowski
Archive
National Archives and Records Administration (Defense Visual Information Center)
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Original
commons.wikimedia.org