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December 18, 1943

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THE DEAL

PROFILE of Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith, aerial gunner of a Flying Fortress, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, America's highest …

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HOMEWARD; I--The Teia Maru

REPORTER AT LARGE about repatriated Americans homeward bound on the Japanese ship Teia Maru, one of the Aramis, a French ship.

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