U.S. and NATO soldiers assigned to the Allied Rapid
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U.S. and NATO soldiers assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps conduct ski training in Norway March 11, 2014, prior to participating in exercise Selva Backstop 14. Selva Backstop replicates the Telemark Trail route used by Norwegian resistance members as part of Operation Gunnerside during World War II. Operation Gunnerside thwarted Hitler's plans to build a nuclear bomb by destroying a heavy water production facility at the Norsk Hydroelectric plant in Telemark, Norway. (DOD photo courtesy of Oliver Pscherer, United Kingdom/Released)
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11/03/2014
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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