As Vandenberg Air Force Base launched another Minuteman III for the National Missile Defense (NMD) Program four Greenpeace activists were apprehended as their Zodiac inflatable boat washed ashore on one of the base's beaches. Two of the activists were treated for hypothermia and then taken into custody by the Kern County Sheriff's Department, for charges of trespassing on Federal Property and violation of the Endangered Species Act
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force Space Command
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Pamela Taubman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/07/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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