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Air defense readiness exercise in Korea, 1974
Published: February 6, 2013
Tae Won Chung ©Stars and Stripes
South Korea, September, 1974: Pv2s Warren A. Thomas, Chester Smith and Wesley J. Whiteplume, from B Battery, 61st Air Defense Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare a "bat" target rocket during an air defense readiness exercise at Daechon's sea range, about 90 miles south of Seoul.