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Photograph caption dated November 26, 1958 reads, "Assistant Secretary of Defense Murray Snyder, flanked by Maj. David Wade, commander of Strategic Air Command's First Missile Division, and Rear Adm. J. P. Monroe, right, commander of Pacific Missile Range near Lompoc, announces first California firing of Thor ballistic missile early next month. Surprise press conference was held at Vandenberg Air Force Base."
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