82nd Airborne And 2 Shots Of P38 Crash Mindoro 265

Top Left: Equipment-laden Officers and men aboard C-47 "Skytrain" awaiting take off for airborne landings in Holland. Top Right: Filipino children join GI's for a Christmas dinner. Sergeant Stan Rosenthal feeds one of the Filipino children. Bottom Left: This photo shows a P-38 "Lightning" which crashed during take-off from Hill Fighter Strip near San Jose, Mindoro Island. 12/25/44 Bottom Right: P-38 "Lightning" which crashed during take-off from Hill Fighter Strip near San Jose, Mindoro Island.

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