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After implementing bombing strategies that reduced many German cities to rubble, Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay moved on to the Pacific Theater of Operations, where he organized the bombing campaign against Japan. Here B-29 Superfortresses from the 497th Bombardment Group fly in formation over the Marianas. (National Archives)
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