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    Castaway Airman helped map the world [Image 3 of 4]

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    A shirtless young man wearing over-ear headphones is operating military-style radio communications equipment while holding a handset to his ear and writing notes on paper. The setting appears to be a cramped, informal communications post or radio shack, likely from the Vietnam War era based on equipment style and color photography characteristics. Multiple radio transceivers, cables, and personal items are visible on and around the workspace.

    GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, UNITED STATES

    01.04.2017

    Photo by John Turner 

    341st Missile Wing

    Airman 2nd Class Bob Cunningham, 1374th Mapping and Charting Squadron, operates radar equipment on North Danger Island in 1956. The tiny island in the South China Sea, located midway between the Philippine Islands and Vietnam, became an important station during an Air Force project to accurately map the world using aerial electronic geodetic survey. The processed data would eventually benefit intercontinental ballistic missile targeting. (Courtesy photo/Bob Cunningham)

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    Date Taken: 01.04.2017
    Date Posted: 12.18.2017 17:41
    Photo ID: 4038061
    VIRIN: 170104-F-CX339-103
    Resolution: 2100x1500
    Size: 771.26 KB
    Location: GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, US
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    A shirtless young man wearing over-ear headphones is operating military-style radio communications equipment while holding a handset to his ear and writing notes on paper. The setting appears to be a cramped, informal communications post or radio shack, likely from the Vietnam War era based on equipment style and color photography characteristics. Multiple radio transceivers, cables, and personal items are visible on and around the workspace.
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