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Song of the 319th Bomber Squad from a handbound journal of compiled by Capt. Richard Sanderson, a flight surgeon with the 400th Squadron of the 90th Bombardment Group. The 319th was one of four squadrons in the 90th. First organized at Key Field in Mississippi in April 1942, the 90th B.G. flew out of bases in Australia and New Guinea until VJ Day and after that transported Allied prisoners from Okinawa to Manila, until November 1945, when it ceased operations.

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ms.0358.073.000.019

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1940s

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World War II; 90th Bombardment Group; Drinking song

319th Bomber Squad Song, c. 1940s

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