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B-24 Liberators in Southern Italy

When the Consolidated B-24's at this heavy bomber base in Southern Italy, return from their missions they tune off the homing beacon and ride in on "The Voice of the Cottontails" - a radio station built out of salvaged materials and housed in an old Italian storehouse. Here, is one crew still listening as they came in. They are, Top left: 1st Lt. James L. Price, Arvin, California, pilot. Top right: 2nd Lt. Ray R. Fuller, Springfield, Massachusetts, co-pilot. Top center: S/Sgt. James M. Hicks, Greeneville, Tennessee, engineer. Extreme right: Sgt. Harry G. Ball, Ozan, Arkansas, radio operator. Bottom: 1st Lt. Humphrey M. Brickett, Boston, Massachusetts, bombardier.