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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. K. Hammond
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/01/1984
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The U.S. National Archives
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