PFC Elroy Karl, PFC Joe Levy, Sgt Herbert Curtis, and Cpl Leland Wheeler working on a Hellcat fighter of US Marine Air Group 31, Yontan Airfield, Okinanwa, Japan, May 1945

Caption   PFC Elroy Karl, PFC Joe Levy, Sgt Herbert Curtis, and Cpl Leland Wheeler working on a Hellcat fighter of US Marine Air Group 31, Yontan Airfield, Okinanwa, Japan, May 1945 ww2dbase
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Added Date 14 Jul 2014

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