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Cooling off in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990

By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 20, 2012
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Rob Jagodzinski ©Stars and Stripes
Saudi Arabia, November, 1990: A U.S. Marine taking part in a chemical decontamination exercise in the weeks before the Gulf War gets some relief from the heat of his protective gear in the Saudi Arabian desert.

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