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 A Look Through the Lens of Ira Latour Under the Influence Slamming the Word Protecting a Piece of the Planet |
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Italy's Foggia Valley in 1944 had the largest concentration of air power in the world. Unlike the early days, which troops spent in foxholes and dugouts in North Africa, the Luftwaffe had been beaten back sufficiently, so U.S. bases in Italy were relatively safe from enemy attack. Both officers and enlisted men were able to construct rather comfortable homes of discarded belly-tank cases and old bricks, and supply their castles with electricity. This unit, the 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, shot down more than 400 enemy aircraft in 12 air campaigns during 33 months of combat operations. Not counting the known killed, the unit had 43 missing in action. |
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