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| B-25 Mitchell bombers of 321st Bomber Group, US 447th Bomber Squadron flying past Mount Vesuvius, Italy during its eruption of 18-23 Mar 1944 | Colonel Rothwell Brown and 2nd Lieutenant Albert Harvey shortly after receiving Silver Star medals from Major General Joseph Stilwell, Hukawng Valley, northern Burma, 18 Mar 1944 |
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| Ernie Pyle eating C-ration, Anzio, Italy, 18 Mar 1944 | John Curtin and Douglas MacArthur at Fairbairn Airbase, Canberra, Australia, 18 Mar 1944 |
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| Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Silver Star medal to Colonel Rothwell H. Brown, Hukawng Valley, northern Burma, 18 Mar 1944 | Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Silver Star medal to Lieutenant Albert J. Harvey, Hukawng Valley, northern Burma, 18 Mar 1944 |
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| USS Petrof bay on her shakedown cruise, 18 Mar 1944 |
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