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An Allied airbase somewhere in Nothern Africa. Four American airmen of the Bombardment Group, United States Army, Ninth Air Force, take just enough time out to receive their citations while their bonber is being refueled. They are shown as they lined up beside their B-24 just before General Auby C. Strickland made the awards. Left to right: Lieutenant Lorey H. Woods, pilot, 1381 Worton Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio; Staff Sergeant Steve E. Rambert, twenty-one, gunner, 2321 North Parkade, Chicago Illinois; Technical Sergeant Wallace Armstrong, nineteen, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 3515 Simon Avenue; Lieutenant Albert P. Miska, navigator bombardier, twenty-five, 449 Compton Avenue, Perth Amboy, New Jersey

An Allied airbase somewhere in Nothern Africa. Four American airmen of...

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Lieutenant Robert "Rocky" Byrnes (in the plane), twenty-six, Saint Louis, Missouri, flying with the Sixty-fourth Squadron of the Fifty-seventy Fighter Group is seen here as he landed after destroying three ME-109's. The Fifty-seventh United States Fighter Group of the Ninth Air Force destroyed seventy-four enemy planes in the same action. Lieutenant Byrnes now has four enemy fighter planes to his credit. He was a pro baseball player with Cincy farm system before the war. Captain Carl A. Nelson, Los Angeles, California, intelligence agen for Sixty-fourth, getting details of Byrnes' part in action

Lieutenant Robert "Rocky" Byrnes (in the plane), twenty-six, Saint Lou...

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A group of men standing in front of a plane. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing in front of a plane. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. FSA/ Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. FSA/ Office of War Inform...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More