ERIK A. JOHNSON:

An Inventory of His Military Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Creator: Johnson, Erik A., photographer.
Title:Erik A. Johnson military photograph collection.
Dates:1990.
Abstract:Photographs documenting Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson's military activities with the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion in Saudi Arabia prior to Operation Desert Storm. Images include views of the Battalion's headquarters, personnel, and equipment.
Quantity:55 photographs: digital, JPEGs, color.
Location:I.440: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Johnson, Erik A., Erik A. Johnson Military Photograph Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2015.19

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990083683260104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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I.440.1 digPsychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson waiting for a plane at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Airport, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson waiting for a plane at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia AirportDigital image
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I.440.2 dig9th Psychological Operations Battalion Headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
The Battalion's headquarters was nicknamed Bush Gardens.
9th Psychological Operations Battalion Headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.3 digSoldier from Texas, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Soldier from Texas, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.4 digMinnesota and Texas Reservists, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Minnesota and Texas Reservists, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.5 digThe owner of the house used for Battalion headquarters and his son, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
The owner of the house and his son, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.6 digPsychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson and a reservist from Texas, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson and a reservist from Texas, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.7 digAcross the street from Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Across the street, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.8 digHalf Moon Bay beach resort, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Half Moon Bay beach resort, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.9 digBush Garden's with guard on the roof, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Bush Garden's with guard on the roof, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.10 digSergeant Rob Erwin, Minnesota reservist, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Sergeant Rob Erwin, Minnesota reservist, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.11 dig9th Psychological Operations Battalion clerk, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
9th Psychological Operations Battalion clerk, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.12 digTemporary barracks in the yard of Bush Gardens, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Temporary barracks in the yard of 'Bush Garden's, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.13 digView from the roof of Bush Gardens, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
View from the roof of 'Bush Garden's, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.14 digView from the roof of Bush Gardens, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
View from the roof of 'Bush Garden's, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.15 digBack yard at 'Bush Gardens, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Back yard at 'Bush Garden's, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.16 dig9th Psychological Operations Battalion motor pool, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
9th Psychological Operations Battalion motor pool, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.17 dig9th Psychological Operations Battalion motor pool, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
9th Psychological Operations Battalion motor pool, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.18 digView from Humvee, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
View from Humvee, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.19 digEntry hall at Bush Gardens, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Entry hall at 'Bush Garden's, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.20 digBoys in a northern Saudi Arabia town, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Boys in a northern Saudi Arabia townDigital image
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I.440.21 digPsychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson with a factory-fresh AK-47, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson with a factory-fresh AK-47, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.22 digBurning trash at a prison camp, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Burning trash at a prison camp, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.23 digStaff Sergeant Dave Dordahl, Sergeant Brett Duffy and a Saudi interpreter, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Staff Sergeant Dave Dordahl, Sergeant Brett Duffy and a Saudi interpreter, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.24 digNorth Saudi Arabian town, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
North Saudi Arabian townDigital image
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I.440.25 digChinook helicopter bringing in prisoners, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Chinook helicopter bringing in prisoners, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.26 digSergeant Brett Duffy, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Sergeant Brett Duffy, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.27 digPsychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.28 digPrisoners leaving helicopters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Prisoners leaving helicopters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.29 digLieutenant Abul Aziz, left, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, with two other interpreters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Lieutenant Abul Aziz, left, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, with two other interpreters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.30 digPrisoners arriving in city buses, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Prisoners arriving in city buses, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.31 digBeginning of a sand storm, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Beginning of a sand storm, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.32 digSergeant Dale Dordahl, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Sergeant Dale Dordahl, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.33 digOutside wall of the prison camp, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Outside wall of the prison camp, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.34 digBuilding our kitchen, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Building our kitchen, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.35 digSergeant Brett Duffy, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, watching prisoners arrive, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Sergeant Brett Duffy, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, watching prisoners arrive, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.36 digNew prisoners, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
New prisoners, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.37 digCaptured French rifles, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Captured French rifles, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.38 digOutside the prison camp, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Outside the prison camp, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.39 digPrison walls, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Prison walls, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.40 digMinnesota and Texas Reservists, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Minnesota and Texas Reservists, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.41 digDigging a foxhole, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Digging a foxhold, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.42 digCamp dogs at the outpost, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Camp dogs at the outpost, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.43 digSmoke generator, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Smoke generator, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.44 digBorder town, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Border town, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.45 digWorld's smallest hitch hiker, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
World's smallest hitch hiker, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.46 digPsychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson with Humvee, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Psychological Operations Specialist Erik A. Johnson with Humvee, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.47 digHumvee interior, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Humvee interior, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.48 digM-60 on the berm, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
M-60 on the berm, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.49 digInside the berm, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Inside the berm, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.50 digInside the berm, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Inside the berm, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.51 digHumvee, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Humvee, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.52 digHumvee interior, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Humvee interior, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.53 digFake Kiowa helicopters, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Fake Kiowa helicopters, Saudi ArabiaDigital image
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I.440.54 digFake Humvees, Saudi Arabia, circa January-April 1990. 1 photograph: digital, JPEG, color.
Fake Humvees, Saudi ArabiaDigital image

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
Military bases, American -- Saudi Arabia -- Photographs.
Soldiers -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Organizations:
United States. -- Army. -- Psychological Operations Battalion, 9th.
Places:
Saudi Arabia -- Photographs.
Document Types:
Digital images.
Photographs.

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