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Members of the 509th Airborne Ranger Battalion prepare for an airdrop from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft during an operational readiness exercise

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Country: West Germany (FRG)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Mark Bucher

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04/10/1984
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