The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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First Plane Lands at the South Pole . Navy Men Plant the Stars and Stripes on a Frozen Sahara Until Rear Adm . George J. Dufek , commander of Task Force 43 , and six other Navy men touched down on the 9,200 - foot- high plateau last ...
First Plane Lands at the South Pole . Navy Men Plant the Stars and Stripes on a Frozen Sahara Until Rear Adm . George J. Dufek , commander of Task Force 43 , and six other Navy men touched down on the 9,200 - foot- high plateau last ...
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... plane , avoid flying over terrain where you can't land . Sound enough advice , but a bit odd , we thought , coming from him ! Finally we took off . Our first major goal : the Belgian Congo , in the heart of Africa's green jungle ...
... plane , avoid flying over terrain where you can't land . Sound enough advice , but a bit odd , we thought , coming from him ! Finally we took off . Our first major goal : the Belgian Congo , in the heart of Africa's green jungle ...
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... Plane General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold more than anyone else epitomized the growth of American air power . A pioneer flyer , much decorated , he rose to command of the U. S. Army Air Forces in World War II . The author and ...
... Plane General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold more than anyone else epitomized the growth of American air power . A pioneer flyer , much decorated , he rose to command of the U. S. Army Air Forces in World War II . The author and ...
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