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Search and rescue boat looms over diver at Iwakuni, 1974

By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 16, 2012
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Bob Wickley ©Stars and Stripes
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June, 1974: Petty Officer 2nd Class Ken Moore might appear to be a potential snack in the sights of a fearsome aquatic creature, but he's actually swimming in front of a search and rescue boat at the Iwakuni crash boat house. Moore, a qualified Navy diver, was assigned to the SAR boat team.

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