The document verifies that Gary Bloomfield shot photos of American hostages returning from Iran that were released to major news outlets in 1981. It also confirms that Bloomfield was the only photographer allowed to photograph Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger during a border briefing in Germany in April 1981, and that those photos were also distributed widely. The chief of public affairs for the US Army in Europe verifies that the photos described were taken by Bloomfield.