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From a base somewhere in Italy, Douglas C-47s of the 51st Troop Carrier wing line up on a strips used by the big bombers before their take-off for Greece. They dropped British Paratroopers into Greece, and towed gliders loaded with British infantry. Then they moved on to a new field in Greece to pick up supplies and cart them to starving Athenians</div>
1940s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, MD.