Mine Sweeper

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Mine Sweeper: Sergeant F.E. Arndt, left, demonstrates the use of a mine detector to Representative J.R. Waldic, Democrat from California, during the congressman's visit to the 1st Marine Division Land Mine Warfare School near Da Nang. The detector is the type used to clear roads of VC booby traps and mines, 1968

Artist A. V. Huffman

Date1968

ClassificationsPhotograph

MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Credit LineGift of the Schoor Family

Keyword/Subject

Object number2022.0128

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