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U.S. Army Spc. Alexis Trude-Hettinger, screens soil
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Col. Charles Hamilton, 422nd Air Base Group commander,
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Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Warner Robins High
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Todd Carlstrom with the
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Mr. Eifion Roberts (right), Mayor of Bala, presents
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B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.
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Expeditionary Advanced Base 2 Operations
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(From left) Clyde Mathe, Donald Meck and Durward Swanson,
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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Michael
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U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Townsend,
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Astwell Castle Farm (located about one mile east of
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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant Dusty Gerhardt, a
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Mr. Dilwyn Morgan, Gwynedd County Councillor, speaks
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Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29,
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Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Chief of Fire Emergency
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A plaque hangs on the wall inside the Parish Church
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U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat
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This is the 379 Bombardment Group shoulder patch Capt.
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Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Connecticut Air National
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A member of the Royal Air Force hikes to the top of
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Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left,
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Senior Airman Donald Lambert, a member of the 130th
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U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Kourtney Smith, with
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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group,
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U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. (ret) Raymond Firmani,
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Durward Swanson, Army Air Force veteran, autographs
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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group
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