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  • Photo, Fort Amador, Panama. Tomb of Omar Torrijos

    Tomb of Omar Torrijos. As required by the operations plan, this monument was not damaged during the 20 December 1989 assault. View is looking south. 

  • Photo, Fort Amador, Panama. Tomb of Omar Torrijos

    Sand table of Fort Amador developed by the Training Support Center, US Army South, for the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. Used by that unit in planning and executing its attack on 20 December 1989. Viewed while set up as a display for the briefing given to Senators Nunn, Warner, and Robb.

  • Photo, Detail of Fort Amador Sand Table

    Detail of the sand table of Fort Amador developed by the Training Support Center, US Army South, for the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. Used by that unit in planning and executing its attack on 20 December 1989. Viewed while set up as a display for the briefing given to Senators Nunn, Warner, and Robb.

  • Photo, Building 8, Fort Amador

    Close-up of the battle damage to the front (east) face of Building 8 inflicted during the battle on 20 December 1989.

  • Photo, Building 9, Fort Amador

    Close-up of the battle damage to the front (east) face of Building 9 inflicted during the battle on 20 December 1989.

  • Photo, Closeup of Fort Amador Sand Table

    Sand table of Fort Amador developed by the Training Support Center, US Army South, for the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. Detail of the Tank Farm and approach ramp to the Bridge of the Americas (north is to the bottom of the photograph). This sand table was used by that unit in planning and executing its attack on 20 December 1989. Viewed while set up in the temporary battalion headquarters in Building 47.

  • Photo, Fort Amador Sand table

    Sand table of Fort Amador developed by the Training Support Center, US Army South, for the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. Detail of the ditch used as Landing Zone for the air assault from Fort Kobbe. This sand table was used by that unit in planning and executing its attack on 20 December 1989. Viewed while set up in the temporary battalion headquarters in Building 47.

  • Photo, Fort Amador Sand table

    View north along the western side of the P.D.F. row of buildings. In the center is Building 8, which served as General Noriega's headquarters on post.

  • Photo, Western face of Building 9, Fort Amador

    West (rear) face of Building 9 as seen from the west.

  • Photo, Western face of Building 8, Fort Amador

    West (front) face of Building 8 (General Noriega's Headquarters) as seen from the west.

  • Photo, P.D.F. row, Fort Amador

    View south along the west side of the P.D.F. building row, as seen from Building 8 (General Noriega's Headquarters).

  • Photo, partially demolished positions, Fort Amador

    Partially demolished P.D.F. positions west of Buildings 4 and 5.

  • Photo, P.D.F. Mess Hall, Fort Amador

    West (rear) face of P.D.F. mess hall; view looking to the northeast.

  • Photo, Building 2, Fort Amador

    East (front) face of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters) as seen from the southeast.

  • Photo, Building 2, Fort Amador

    View northeast from the front (east) of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters). Building 1 (C.O.G.E.C.O.D.E.) is the white structure.

  • Photo, Building 2, Fort Amador

    Main (east) door of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters).

  • Photo, Building 2, Fort Amador

    Crèche on the east side of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters), viewed from the northeast.

  • Photo, Buildings 45 and 51, Fort Amador

    Buildings 45 (rear) and 51 (foreground), viewed to the northwest from the north corner of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters).

  • Photo, Building 57, Fort Amador

    South wall of Building 57 (Gimnasio Cap. Miguel A. Rivers); view is looking north. The ambulance is from the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry.

  • Photo, P.D.F. Monument, Fort Amador

    P.D.F. Monument located south of Building 1 (C.O.G.E.C.O.D.E.), viewed from the east.

  • Photo, Building 57, Fort Amadorr

    Building 57 (Gimnasio Cap. Miguel A. Rivers). View is from the front of Building 1, and is looking northwest.

  • Photo, Building 1, Fort Amador

    South (front) face of Building 1 (C.O.G.E.C.O.D.E.), seen from the southwest. Building was used as a temporary headquarters by the 82d Airborne Division.

  • Photo, Building 1 (serving as Hqs for 82d Airborne Division), Fort Amador

    Building 1 after it had become the headquarters for the 82d Airborne Division. Prior to 20 December it was the headquarters building of the C.O.G.E.C.O.D.E., the Panamanian Defense Force's general staff.

  • Photo, Hqs, US Naval Forces, Panama, Fort Amador

    Headquarters of US Naval Forces, Panama. View from the southwest.

  • Photo, Main Gate, Fort Amador

    Main Gate as seen (looking south) from the fire hydrant struck by the P.D.F. bus at H-Hour, 20 December 1989.

  • Photo, Looking north from Main Gate, Fort Amador

    View looking north from the Main Gate. P.D.F. bus which ran the roadblock at H-Hour on 20 December 1989 came to a stop at the last tree on the left.

  • Photo, P.D.F. Monument, Fort Amador

    P.D.F. Monument to Victoriano Lorenzo located between Building 3 and Building 4. As required in the operations plan, this monument was not harmed during the 20 December 1989 attack. View is from the east.

  • Photo, Building 4, Fort Amador

    Front (east) side of Building 4 (5th Infantry [Military Police] Company), viewed from the northeast.

  • Photo, Building 5, Fort Amador

    Front of Building 5 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.

  • Photo, Building 5, Fort Amador

    Front of Building 5 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.

  • Photo, Building 6, Fort Amador

    Front of Building 6 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.

  • Photo, Building 7, Fort Amador

    Front of Building 7 viewed from the east, showing the damage caused on 20 December 1989 by the 105mm. M1-2 howitzer fired by the 7th Howitzer Section, Battery D, 320th Field Artillery.