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“Your plastic idea has only one ‘bug' in it, as I see it— she's awfully hard to pull out of a dive"
September
1
1942
“Your plastic idea has only one ‘bug' in it, as I see it— she's awfully hard to pull out of a dive"
September
1
1942
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“Your plastic idea has only one ‘bug' in it, as I see it— she's awfully hard to pull out of a dive"
September
1
1942
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