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    Operation Carpetbagger was a World War II operation to provide aerial supply of weapons and other matériel to resistance fighters in France, Italy and...
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    In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical pejorative used by Southerners to describe allegedly opportunistic or disruptive...
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  • the Civil War. Carpetbagger or The Carpetbaggers may also refer to: Operation Carpetbagger, a World War II operation The Carpetbaggers, a 1961 novel The...
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    August 1944 and assumed the personnel, equipment, and the Carpetbagger special operations mission of the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) that was...
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    Party (TACP). 1st Air Commando Group: Late 1943 – November 1945 Operation Carpetbagger: Early 1944 – July 1945 Air Resupply and Communications Service:...
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    Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft operating from RAF Harrington (see Operation Carpetbagger). The OSS sought to be involved since, in a single swoop, this would...
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  • surrender. Notes Air offensive or defensive operations does not include cargo operations such as Operation Carpetbagger or reconnaissance from air. Citations...
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    to replace the 788th Bombardment Squadron, which was engaged in Operation Carpetbagger, dropping agents and supplies behind German lines, primarily in...
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    wilderness between Kaafjord and Alta on 8 September by an American Operation Carpetbagger Liberator. During the drop the agents became separated from most...
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    Air Forces and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) code-named Operation Carpetbagger, pilots and crews flew specially modified B-24Ds painted with a...
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