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127-GW-1238-70013: Operation Galvanic, November 1943

127-GW-1238-70013: Operation Galvanic, November 1943. A Grumman fighter rolls down the air strip at Betio Island of the Gilbert Islands Group as it prepares to take off on a reconnaissance flight. Six days before this pix was taken, this same runway was being used by Japanese fliers. Photographed by Sgt J.R. Orton, November 25, 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2018/02/21).
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Caption: Operation Galvanic, November 1943. A Grumman fighter rolls down the air strip at Betio Island of the Gilbert Islands Group as it prepares to take off on a reconnaissance flight. Six days before this pix was taken, this same runway was being used by Japanese fliers. Photographed by Sgt J.R. Orton, November 25, 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2018/02/21).
Accession #: 127-GW-1238-70013
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