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Army Air Forces [Overseas Service Bars]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.376 Author/Creator: Army Air Forces Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1945 Pagination: 1 gold bar plate : cloth : gold and brown ; 3.8 x 6.1 cm. Order a Copy

Two gold bars made of tiny springs mounted to a piece of dark brown cloth. Each bar represents six months of overseas service.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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