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Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Camp Liberty
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN
Scene Camera Operator: SSG Kevin L. Moses Sr., USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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