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					Mealtime FOR A MUSTANG Mechanic - Huddled under a canopy blanket beneath the Wing of his P-51 fighter on Iwo Jima, Crew Chief S/Sgt. Anthony A. Belesi, cuts open dry K-rations.    Mechanics remained on the flight line 14 hours from dawn to dark with no  shelter to be near their planes for immediate service as  the 7th  Fighter Command's P-5l's quickly established defenses on Iwo Jima.