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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS
Base: Las Palmas
Country: Paraguay (PRY)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maritza Fernandez, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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