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• An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Shot putter, University of Nebraska (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1942
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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