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Memo from R. M. Boisjoly to R. K. Lund

Record Group 220: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and BoardsSeries: Preliminary Control (PC) Numbered Documents

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Aerial Photograph of Mount Saint Helens, Washington

Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence AgencySeries: Reconnaissance Photography

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West Point graduating class of 1980. Cadets stand at attention during graduating ceremony. Nearly 900 cadets were in the 1980 graduating class at West Point. For the first time in history 61 female officers were among the rows of the “Long Gray Line.”

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

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Memo for President Jimmy Carter from Jack Watson Regarding the Love Canal

Collection JC-SSO: Records of the Office of the Staff SecretarySeries: Presidential FilesFile Unit: 5/21/80 [1]

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Aaron Fricke v. Richard B. Lynch

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Civil Action Case Files

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Text of Khomeyni’s Message on Hostage Situation

Collection JC-NSA: Records of the Office of the National Security Advisor (Carter Administration)Series: Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Country FilesFile Unit: Iran: 3/80

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First Olympic torchbearer Sandy Norris, after her relay, stands at attention at the flame arrival ceremony. 

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Artwork: “Old Reliable”. Artist: Michael Hagel, USAF Art Collection

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Artwork: “Launch Preparation - NASA Weather Satellite - Vandenberg AFB”. Artist: David Rose, USAF Art Collection

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Second Lieutenant (2LT) Alonzo C. Babers proudly displays the gold medal he won in the 400-meter men’s track and field competition of the 1984 Summer Olympics

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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U.S. Navy Mechanized Landing Craft (LCMs) are anchored along the shoreline as Navy and civilian personnel position hoses during oil clean-up efforts on Smith island.

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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NSDD 119 Strategic Defense Initiative

Collection RR-NSC: Numbered National Security Policy PapersSeries: National Security Decision Directives (NSDDs)

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88-1142: Larry Milton, et. al. v. Bill Clinton, et. al.

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Civil Case Files.

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President Ronald Reagan Greeting Florence Griffith Joyner of The United States Olympic Team in The Oval Office

Collection RR-WHPO: White House Photographic Collection Series: Reagan White House Photographs

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