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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell
Release Status: Released to Public
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27/12/1992
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