Polish sailors carrying 7.62 mm SKS self-loading rifles march in formation during a ceremony welcoming officers and crew members of two United States Navy vessels in port. The guided missile cruiser USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG 17) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) are visiting Poland in conjunction with BALTOPS '90, a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea. Their port call represents the first visit by the American vessels since 1927
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Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '90
Base: Gdynia
Country: Poland (POL)
Scene Camera Operator: Pete Hatzakos
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/06/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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