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    <unittitle>World War II Pilot Survival Packet</unittitle>
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    <abstract id="aspace_3ff1a250bace20e3c70ac43a5b3928f4">World War II pilot survival packet for American pilots shot down in Europe. Includes two maps of western and eastern Europe respectively; two German Mark notes in denominations of one million and fifty million marks respectively each dated 1923; two foreign language phrase books, one for Croation, Serbo, Albanian, Greek, and Italian, and the other for French, Polish, Russian, and German; one small compass; six small sheets of blank paper; one metal bar wrapped in paper (1/2 in. x 4 in.); and waterproof carrying case (5 in. x 6 in.).</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], World War II Pilot Survival Packet, A&amp;M 3581, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local_LC">World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Equipment and supplies</subject>
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