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A-26 Invader base France

A NINTH AIR FORCE BOMBER BASE, FRANCE --- Once a week, soldiers at a Douglas A-26 Invader base trek to the post exchange to purchase their toilet articles, cigarettes and candy rations. In addition, the post exchange, under supervision of Capt. Bernard P. Sweeney of 2333 Ridgeway Ave., Columbus, O., offers such facilities as film processing and shopping services. Soldiers also purchase gifts for their families in the U.S. On special occasions, the PX, as it is known in Army parlance, enables GI's to send flowers and telegrams to families and friends backhome. In photo, T/5 Howard Shellhorn of Kent, O., in foreground behind counter, and S/Sgt. John M. Calderon of 114 West 61st St.,