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Pentagon photographer Robert D. Ward wears a flak vest and helmet aboard a C-17 airplane on final approach into Sarajevo, Bosnia, Jan. 3, 1996. All passengers were require to wear protective gear as some landing aircraft had been recently fired upon by Serbian forces. Ward served as an official photographer to 12 defense secretaries, since 1974, retiring on Dec. 30, 2011.

Pentagon photographer Robert D. Ward wears a flak vest and helmet aboard a C-17 airplane on final approach into Sarajevo, Bosnia, Jan. 3, 1996. All passengers were require to wear protective gear as some landing aircraft had been recently fired upon by Serbian forces. Ward served as an official photographer to 12 defense secretaries, since 1974, retiring on Dec. 30, 2011.

Pentagon photographer Robert D. Ward wears a flak vest and helmet aboard a C-17 airplane on final approach into Sarajevo, Bosnia, Jan. 3, 1996. All passengers were require to wear protective gear as some landing aircraft had been recently fired upon by Serbian forces. Ward served as an official photographer to 12 defense secretaries, since 1974, retiring on Dec. 30, 2011.

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