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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/10/1981
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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