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... World War I Hitchcock was a combat aviator with the Lafayette Escadrille , a French unit composed of volunteers from the U.S. A fighter group commander in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II , he was killed in an air crash while ...
... World War I Hitchcock was a combat aviator with the Lafayette Escadrille , a French unit composed of volunteers from the U.S. A fighter group commander in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II , he was killed in an air crash while ...
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... World War II famine relief work in Europe . In 1921 Hoover began a new career in public service as secretary of commerce under successive Republican administrations ( 1921- 29 ) . An activist , he immediately undertook the ...
... World War II famine relief work in Europe . In 1921 Hoover began a new career in public service as secretary of commerce under successive Republican administrations ( 1921- 29 ) . An activist , he immediately undertook the ...
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... World War II . ⚫submarine development in World War II Japan 17 : 750c I - 400 , class of Japanese submarines built dur- ing World War II , the largest conventionally powered submarines ever built . ⚫ submarine development in World War ...
... World War II . ⚫submarine development in World War II Japan 17 : 750c I - 400 , class of Japanese submarines built dur- ing World War II , the largest conventionally powered submarines ever built . ⚫ submarine development in World War ...
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