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Postcard of a Douglas DC-3 aircraft parked at Harrisburg Airport, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1940s.Caption: "Harrisburg Airport. Harrisburg, PA. 12680."

Postcard of paratroopers boarding a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft (tail number 15163) at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, circa 1940s.Typed caption: "No. 1622. Paratroops boarding transport plane — Camp Mackall, N.C. Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

Postcard of a chapel at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, circa 1940s.Typed caption: "No. 1629. Typical chapel — Camp Mackall, N.C."

Photograph of United States Army Air Forces servicemen playing baseball at an unidentified air base, circa 1940s.

Hand-colored aerial photograph of fields and clouds, circa 1940s-1950s.

Hand-colored photograph of an unidentified aircraft wing while in flight above clouds, circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger, a Grumman F6F Hellcat, and a Vought F4U Corsair in flight over water, circa 1940s-1950s. The caption notes that the planes belong to Utility Squadron 7 (VU-7) of the United States Navy.Typed caption in…

Photograph of military personnel standing with the American flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 1945-1952.Inscription on verso: "On top of Mount Surbachi [Suribachi] on Iwo."

Photograph of a United States Army Air Forces serviceman standing next to a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft, designated "Rovin' Redhead," circa 1940s-1950s. The plane's nose art depicts a woman in a skirt and heels.

Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft (tail number 417868), designated "Lu El Da," parked at an unidentified air base, circa 1940s-1950s. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.