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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99
Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area
State: Queensland
Country: Australia (AUS)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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