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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Moscow
Country: Russia (RUS)
Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.)
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/09/1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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