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Tin; AMERICAN ARMORED CRUISER "HUNTINGTON" AS SKKN FROM A KlTtf T.ALLOON 



In addition to its target range, its navnl and aviation base, Guantanamo has a balloon 

 school, but the neighborhood has proved perilous for the "sausages." Three were brought 

 down by lightning at this station last year. 



