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A close-up of a memorial plaque with two long lists of military units being memorialized. Many are not readable due to low resolution.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002"

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "13th Squadron, 3rd Bomb GP. - WWII - 7 Dec 1941 - 2 Sep 1945 - In honor of a very special group of young men who served their country so…

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description, but much of it is hard to read due to lack of camera focus.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque on right commemorates: "66th Troop Carrier Squadron" (Plaque in middle is much easier to read in 2010.1.1650"

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. An image in the center shows a caricature of a Native American with a tomahawk in one hand and an eight-ball in the other. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "8th Photo Recon Sqdn. - 5th AF WWII - Dedicated to those who served with the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 1942-1951 - Dedicated on…

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "8th Attack Squadron - 3rd Bomb Group (L) - Dedicated to those who served in World War II with the 8th attack squadron and to those who lost…

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "49th Fighter Group / Wing - 50 Aces - 678 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed - 20 Battle Streamers - 10 Presidential Unit Citations - Deployed January…

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "417th Bombardment Group (L) - Southwest Pacific Area - 1944-1945 - Sky Lancers - A-20 Havoc - Squadrons [Squadron list text too small to…

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A close-up of a plaque set in a series of plaques. Other plaques can be seen to the left and right of the centered one. The caption is in the description.
"5th Air Force Memorial Wall at the Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - May 2002" Plaque commemorates: "118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 23rd Fighting Group, 14th Air Force - Flying Tigers - Flying Yankees, WWII 1941-1945 - Black Lightning,…

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A paratrooper is just a foot off the ground and landing in his parachute. Multiple other soldiers are nearby on the ground with their chutes still attached, probably having just landed.
"503rd Paratrooper landing - 'Chute still inflated - Signal Corps Photo - from Lantern slide from Bob Flynn - 503rd historian"

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Three military planes in the sky flying away as seen from below. There are numerous paratroopers in the sky behind the planes in various stages of deploying their parachutes.
"503rd Parachute Infantry drop - Feb 16 1945. Signal Corps Photo - from ground, looking up"

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