Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. ALLIED DRIVE ON IN ITALY--PLANES SMASH FOE IN AIR [ETC.]
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Krueger, Walter, 1881-1967
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Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969
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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984
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