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Description A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5/-6 Dauntless during a mission over Luzon, Philippines, in 1945. Marine Air Groups 24 and 32 arrived at Mangaldan on 25 January, and combat operations began two days later. By the end of the month, 7 squadrons consisting of 472 officers and more than 3,000 men, and 174 SBDs of VMSBs-133, -142, -236, -241, -243, -244, and -341 had reached Mangaldan.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.768
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