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War In The Jungle
THE 1944-45 ALLIED RECONQUEST of Burma differed from other major Allied campaigns of World War II in that, in contrast with the campaign in North Africa, the invasions of Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and Southern France, and the American is landhopping c
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Strangers On A Plane
AT DUSK ON FEBRUA RY 22, 1943, Pan American Airways’ Yankee Clipper began its long descent to the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal. A few moments later, as raindrops pelted the windscreen and lightning lit up the sky, the tip of the left wing caught t
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Accounted For
Improved and expanded DNA testing and other analyses have allowed the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to identify some of the 71,180 servicemembers still unaccounted for from World War II. Recent identifications include: Second Lieutenant Fr

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