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Members of the Marine detachment from the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) act as naval gunfire spotters during NATO Exercise Northern Wedding '86

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Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86

Base: Cape Wrath

Country: Scotland (SCT)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/09/1986
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marine detachment marine detachment battleship uss iowa battleship uss iowa bb act gunfire spotters gunfire spotters nato exercise northern nato exercise northern uss iowa north atlantic treaty organization bb 61 high resolution northern wedding ph 1 jeff hilton cape wrath us navy ships us navy us national archives