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"Operation Vittles" Gets Organized
Chapter section from:
Airbridge to Berlin ---  The Berlin Crisis of 1948,  its Origins and Aftermath 
By D.M. Giangreco and Robert E. Griffin
© 1988
(Used with permission)

 

Tractor being unloaded from one of the five C-82 aircraft taking part in the airlift.

Tractor being unloaded from one of the five C-82 aircraft taking part in the airlift.


 

 

 


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