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“Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.” quote by Elizabeth Wein — Download Open image

“Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.”

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