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Unknown [Photograph of "Bodacious Idjit and H.T." plane]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.304 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Mariana Islands Type: Photograph Date: 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.2 cm. Order a Copy

A photograph of plane "Bodacious Idjit and H.T." with a portrait of a man in a plaid shirt carrying ale and a gun.

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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