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United States. Army Air Forces [Bomb Pin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.400 Author/Creator: United States. Army Air Forces Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1943-1946 Pagination: 1 pin : metal, cloth, paper : gray and cream Height: 16.9 cm, Width: 4.4 cm Order a Copy

Pin from a bomb "fuze" with an instructional tag that reads "Pin not to be removed until fuze is about to be placed in bomb. If fuze is removed from bomb replace pin at once."

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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