Squadron Leader, 71 Eagle Squadron, American
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chesley Peterson
Commemorated ati
Eagle Squadrons
{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...
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Sidney Bechet
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Thomas Paine
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Herman Wallace
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Norman Richard Chap
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