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Issue: Apr, 1946
Posted in: General
Posted: 06/11/2008
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WALKING INTO A WILLIWAW (Apr, 1946)

WALKING INTO A WILLIWAW

This Army pilot struggles to make headway against one of the sudden gales common to the Aleutians. The photo, submitted by R. D. Thomas, of Renton, Wash., was taken by flash on infrared film.

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  1. Slim says: June 11, 200811:21 am

    Is that Marcel Marceau?

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