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Brief Magazine On the Deck to Chichi

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.225 Author/Creator: Brief Magazine Place Written: Northern Mariana Islands Type: Magazine Date: 18 October 1944 Pagination: 1 p. ; 16.5 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

A magazine clipping of a photo of a solider looking out of a hole in a plane. The caption reads "a 1000-pounder from a plane in its own squadron ripped this hole, landed inside the ship. Waist Gunner Cpl Vince Sutter thought suddenly: 'The damn thing might go off!' It didn't."

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