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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS Independence (CV 62)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN John Sullivan, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/05/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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