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A mortar crew from Company A, 6th Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, prepares an 81 mm mortar for a live fire exercise during CELESTIAL EMPIRE '83

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Subject Operation/Series: CELESTIAL EMPIRE '83

Base: Fort Richardson

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Stephen B. Bryson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/05/1983
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