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Armorers of the 45th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, based at Saipan, Marianas Islands, load ammunition on a North American P-51 before take-off for Iwo Jima. They are, left to right! Cpl. Thomas C. Tasker, Jr., of Alliance, Ohio, Sgt. Jack G Lombardo of Brooklyn, New York and Sgt. Monroe C. Wills of York, South Carolina.