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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Hickam Air Force Base

State: Hawaii (HI)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Walter Perkins, Jr.

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/09/1978
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