AHR Posted July 15 Share #1 Posted July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email protected] AHR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted July 15 Share #2 Posted July 15 I believe ASMIC did a great article about this a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHR Posted July 17 Author Share #3 Posted July 17 THANKS I THINK I SAW IT MY POST WAS ONLY TO SHARE INFO TO MEMBERS WHO DID NOT KNOW. AHR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted July 21 Share #4 Posted July 21 Thank you for taking the time to educate me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 29 Share #5 Posted July 29 Air Transport Command Cpl. Albert Teoli and Cpl. Aaron Sklut packing the drums and instruments of the 692nd AAF band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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