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    A civilian man in a blue shirt and light-colored trousers is crouching inside a military fortified position or bunker, surrounded by sandbags and camouflage netting. The position contains what appears to be a heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod. Military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are visible on either side of him.

    SAUDI ARABIA

    11.22.1990

    Photo by Michael Edrington 

    Army Multimedia and Visual Information Division

    President George H.W. Bush peers out from a bunker at an M2 .50-caliber machine gun on Nov. 22, 1990. The president is in Saudi Arabia during the Thanksgiving holiday to visit U.S. troops deployed to the area during Operation Desert Shield. (Photo by Capt. Michael Edrington)

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    Date Taken: 11.22.1990
    Date Posted: 01.10.2013 15:14
    Photo ID: 812332
    VIRIN: 901122-A-ME007-671
    Resolution: 3000x2003
    Size: 4.06 MB
    Location: SA
    Web Views: 523
    Downloads: 59

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    A civilian man in a blue shirt and light-colored trousers is crouching inside a military fortified position or bunker, surrounded by sandbags and camouflage netting. The position contains what appears to be a heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod. Military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are visible on either side of him.
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    A formal outdoor ceremony is taking place at what appears to be Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with a speaker at a Presidential podium. A white structure visible across the water in the background appears to be the USS Arizona Memorial. Two individuals are seated behind the speaker — one in a white military dress uniform and one in a coral/pink outfit.
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