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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Beale Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Rose S. Reynolds
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1994
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The U.S. National Archives
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