Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron check suspension lines on parachutes to be used during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

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Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron check suspension lines on parachutes to be used during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Andersen Air Base

Country: Guam(GUM)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Ferguson

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/12/1990

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Location

Andersen AFB, Yigo, Guam

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The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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