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[Photograph of plane tail]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.268 Author/Creator: Place Written: Oahu, Hawaii Type: Photograph Date: 1944 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.4 x 10.4 cm. Order a Copy

A photograph of the tail of a plane with the number "440893."

A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" are miscellaneous photos of crew/camps/places in the Pacific.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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