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9th Engineer Command building landing strip

Aviation engineers of the 9th Engineer Command shown building one of the first emergency landing strips laid down on the continent. Elements of this new type of 9th AF Command went onto the beachhead early and by 5:53 P.M. Thursday, 9 June 44 had laid down a strip 3,600 feet long. Here scrapers are seen beginning to carve out the strip. 2 Bull dozers

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