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Aim High: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 3:04am.
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June 1942. Fort Knox, Kentucky. "The crew of an M-3 tank learns all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with a 75mm gun, a 37mm gun and four machine guns." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, OWI. View full size.
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Submitted by Paula on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:23pm.
slr in tx you are so right. This is a beautiful picture, the lighting is amazing.
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Submitted by slr in tx on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 2:14pm.
Thanks to Shorpy and the miracle of Kodachrome, I will ever after think of 1942 and 1943 as a surpassingly beautiful era in American history.
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