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Flight Nurses Look for Luggage
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Flight nurses, newly arrived in Agana Airport, Guam, searching for their luggage as two other women are looking on. The two flight nurses have just completed flight training in Alameda, California. Both women are wearing light dresses and caps. Cabins and palm tress are in the background.
1943
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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WHi 85174
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