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"Don't worry, the telephone wires smoke like that every evening when the soldiers talk to their sweethearts"
November
1
1942
"Don't worry, the telephone wires smoke like that every evening when the soldiers talk to their sweethearts"
November
1
1942
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"Don't worry, the telephone wires smoke like that every evening when the soldiers talk to their sweethearts"
November
1
1942
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