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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET
State: Bargoni
Country: Kenya (KEN)
Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL P.M. Johnson-Campbell, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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