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| Ira Eaker with a P-12 fighter aircraft, 1930s | Captain Ira Eaker of US 34th Pursuit Squadron with a P-12 fighter, March Field, California, United States, 1934 |
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| Brigadier General Ira Eaker in Britain, playing with a dog, 1942-1944 | Col Leon W Johnson points to scoreboard of B-24 Liberator “Victory Ship” as LGen Jacob L Devers and LGen Ira C Eaker look on, RAF Shipdham, Norfolk, England, UK, Nov 22 1943. The horizontal bomb represents the low level attack on Ploesti, Aug 1 1943 |
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| Major General Lucian Truscott and Lieutenant General Ira Eaker at Anzio, Italy, 6 Apr 1944 | Lieutenant General Ira Eaker flying an aircraft over Italy toward Anzio, 15 Apr 1944 |
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| Portrait of US Army Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker, 1948 |
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