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Catalog Number:
1956.141
Location:
HQ AFMC/HO STORAGE
Description:
Locale: Ciampino Airport, Rome, February 1956.The Clamshell Doors Of A C-119 Flying Boxcar Ope Wide As The Truck Backs Up To The Twin Tailed Plane At Romes Ciampino Airport. More Than 700,000 Pounds Of Food, Clothing And Blankets Were Airlifted During Operation Snowbound To Weathers Victims In Italy, Sicily And Sardinia.1205 Paris, September 25 (Ap) - The Italian Government Will Award Special Decorations Next Saturday To 250 American Airmen Who Helped Fly Emergency Supplies To Southern Italian Towns Cut Off Last Winter By An Unexpectedly Heavy Snowfall.
