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.
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.
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.
Close-up of the battle damage to the front (east) face of Building 8 inflicted during the battle on 20 December 1989.
Close-up of the battle damage to the front (east) face of Building 9 inflicted during the battle on 20 December 1989.
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.
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.
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.
West (rear) face of Building 9 as seen from the west.
West (front) face of Building 8 (General Noriega's Headquarters) as seen from the west.
View south along the west side of the P.D.F. building row, as seen from Building 8 (General Noriega's Headquarters).
Partially demolished P.D.F. positions west of Buildings 4 and 5.
West (rear) face of P.D.F. mess hall; view looking to the northeast.
East (front) face of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters) as seen from the southeast.
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.
Main (east) door of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters).
Crèche on the east side of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters), viewed from the northeast.
Buildings 45 (rear) and 51 (foreground), viewed to the northwest from the north corner of Building 2 (P.D.F. Naval Headquarters).
South wall of Building 57 (Gimnasio Cap. Miguel A. Rivers); view is looking north. The ambulance is from the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry.
P.D.F. Monument located south of Building 1 (C.O.G.E.C.O.D.E.), viewed from the east.
Building 57 (Gimnasio Cap. Miguel A. Rivers). View is from the front of Building 1, and is looking northwest.
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.
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.
Headquarters of US Naval Forces, Panama. View from the southwest.
Main Gate as seen (looking south) from the fire hydrant struck by the P.D.F. bus at H-Hour, 20 December 1989.
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.
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.
Front (east) side of Building 4 (5th Infantry [Military Police] Company), viewed from the northeast.
Front of Building 5 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.
Front of Building 5 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.
Front of Building 6 showing damage caused on 20 December 1989. View is from the east.
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.