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| USS Intrepid entering the deperming station at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 11 Sep 1943. Note the outline of the ship’s waterline painted on the flight deck. Photo 3 of 3. | A building at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | A German glider trooper next to a DFS 230 C-1 glider damaged during landing, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | Benito Mussolini shortly after departing from Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 |
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| Benito Mussolini with Otto Skorzeny and other rescuers, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 2 | Benito Mussolini with Otto Skorzeny and other rescuers, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 2 | Benito Mussolini, Giuseppe Gueli, and others at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | Cable car at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 4 |
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| Cable car at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 4 | Cable car at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 3 of 4 | Cable car at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 4 of 4 | Clark aboard USS Ancon, off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 |
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| Destroyed frame of a DFS 230 C-1 glider after use, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | DFS 230 gliders at Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | Former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Inspector General Giuseppe Gueli being escorted out of Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 2 | Former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Inspector General Giuseppe Gueli being escorted out of Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 2 |
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| General Fernando Soletti, Benito Mussolini, and General Gueri shortly after departing from Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | General Fernando Soletti, Major Harald-Otto Mors, and others at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | German airborne trooper at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 | German airborne trooper at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943 |
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