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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison Jr, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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