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King Faisal II looking through a new gunsight

72-689
Accession Number
72-689
13.5 x 10.5
Black & White
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NAID 348449075
Keywords
Heads of state
Military bases
Visits of state
HST Keywords
Fort Knox; Iraq; Kentucky, Fort Knox
People Pictured
Faysal II, King of Iraq, 1935-1958
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Credit:
Department of State

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Description
In a cutaway tank turret, his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq looks through a new range-finding telescopic gunsight, during a visit to Fort Knox. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."
Date(s)
August 1952