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Devan Mitchell sits atop the shoulders of a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron. Squadron members corresponded with Devan and his first grade classmates at Stewardson-Strasburg Grade School while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals

Devan Mitchell sits atop the shoulders of a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron. Squadron members corresponded with Devan and his first grade classmates at Stewardson-Strasburg Grade School while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM

Base: Charleston

State: Illinois(IL)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charles Taylor

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

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21/05/1991

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The U.S. National Archives

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