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Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank
Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank

Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank

Date4/28/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Airborne troops are landing all around this German woman and her children who have taken refuge in a fox hole on the Rhine's east bank.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019426F
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