Migration
Lowering the flag
Stars and Stripes
May 20, 2021
Erik Gudmundson ©Stars and StripesBosnia and Herzegovina, March, 1998: Staff Sgt. Wes Rehm and Spc. Stephen Mitchell carefully lower the American flag to Spc. Oliver Buck and Sgt. 1st Class Lance Lehr during a ceremony marking the closing of Checkpoint Sierra 10, near Camp Dobol. The checkpoint, in the zone of separation between the Muslim-Croatian federation and Republika Srpska, was used as a meeting place for people from both sides as well as an observation post for SFOR troops.