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A. Michael Leahy
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Acquisition Number: 2012.1006.173
Medium: Acrylic
A Marine Atlantic-Fokker TA-2 tri-motor transport aircraft arrives at Managua, Nicaragua, in December 1927 to support the ongoing efforts of the 5th Marine Brigade to quell a civil war there—the first sustained tactical airlift mission by any American military service branch. The TA-2s could transport a load in less than two hours that would have taken a mule train up to three weeks to deliver.
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