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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT
Base: Dahuk
Country: Iraq(IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen
Release Status: Released to Public
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