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Brief Magazine [Planes over Truk Lagoon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.247 Author/Creator: Brief Magazine Place Written: Northern Mariana Islands Type: Magazine Date: circa 1943-1945 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 22.2 cm Order a Copy

A magazine clipping of a photo of planes flying with a map of Truk. The caption readings "7th AAF Liberators fly over the Truk lagoon, with 25 miles of key targets visible below." The reverse side has a graphic of the "Pacific Pattern."

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