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Newspaper image for an unidentified publication, showing a man laying flowers at a memorial for German airmen, Reykjavik, Iceland, circa 1940s.
Typed caption: "Deutsche Soldatengraber auf dem Friedhof von Reykjavik, der auf einem der beherrschenden Hugel der Stadt liegt. Kieler Journalisten, die jetzt auf Island weilten, legten an den Grabern deutscher Flieger einen Blumenstraub nieder."
Photograph of U.S. Navy pilot David McCampbell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Thirty aerial victories are painted under the cockpit. Image includes a clipping of McCampbell obituary.Inscription on verso: "Comdr David McCampbell / Air Group 15 commander / In Gruman Hellcat. / He shot down 4 more Japs after this picture was taken. / U.S.S. Essex /…