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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fallujah
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Theresa M. Medina, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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