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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Brian Duke, Videographer, 52nd Communications Squadron (CS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), signs a hat for a French citizen during celebrations outside St Mere Eglise, France (FRA). USAF SMSGT Duke is in France to document activities for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasions of World War II (WWII)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Saint Mere Eglise

State: Normandy

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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1940
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Spangdahlem AB ,  49.97267, 6.69250
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label_outline Explore D Day Invasions, Brian Duke, Tsgt Timothy Cook

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