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Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT '97
Base: Twentynine Palms
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brook Kelsey
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
10/12/1997
Location
Twentynine Palms Base (historical)
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34.22900, -116.05685
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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