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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: CJTF/NOBLE ANVIL
Base: Taszar
Country: Hungary (HUN)
Scene Major Command Shown: VMFA-533
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Curtis E Sellers Usmc
Release Status: Released to Public
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