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This soldier spared no expense in ensuring that his photographic image represented the colors of his uniform.
His veteran stripes and buttons are hand tinted as is his patriotic chest ribbon.
The CDV has a tax stamp on the back dating this image to the AUG 64- AUG 66 time period and it most likely was taken right at the end of the war.
Reproduction of this image in any form is not authorized.
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Scott
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