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NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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12002-18.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
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01/01/1939

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corpus christi

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Christie's

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