Members of the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force carry their weapons while skiing through a forested area during Exercise NORTHWIND '87. The lead skier is carrying an M60 general-purpose machine gun. Members of the 25th Infantry Division are undergoing 23 days of special cold weather training with members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force in the Kotani and Hirosaki Training Areas
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: NORTHWIND '87
Base: Camp Aomori
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: Clarence Y.S. Lui
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
15/02/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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