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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
This is a list of books in my personal library. More books that I would like to have can be found on my [http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/YH9S74PAT995 Amazon wish list].
This is a list of books in my personal library. Books dating to the World War II-era have been listed separately. More books that I would like to have can be found on my [http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/YH9S74PAT995 Amazon wish list].


== List ==
== Military ==
* ''1962 United States Aircraft Missiles and Spacecraft''. Washington, D.C.: National Aviation Education Council, n.d.
* ''1962 United States Aircraft Missiles and Spacecraft''. Washington, D.C.: National Aviation Education Council, n.d.
* Adams, Simon. ''World War II''. New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2004.
* Adams, Simon. ''World War II''. New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2004.
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* Ballard, Robert D., and Rick Archbold. ''The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal''. New York: Warner Books, 1993.
* Ballard, Robert D., and Rick Archbold. ''The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal''. New York: Warner Books, 1993.
* Baron, Alexander. ''From the City, from the Plough''. London: Black Spring, 2010.
* Baron, Alexander. ''From the City, from the Plough''. London: Black Spring, 2010.
* Baumbach, Werner. ''The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe''. Translated by Frederick Holt. First American. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1960.
* Belyakov, R. A., and J. Marmain. ''MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design''. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994.
* Belyakov, R. A., and J. Marmain. ''MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design''. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994.
* Berman, Robert P. ''Rockets & Missiles of World War III''. New York : Exeter Books : Distributed by Bookthrift, 1983.
* Berman, ''Robert P. Rockets & Missiles of World War III''. New York: Exeter Books, 1983.
* Birdsall, Steve. ''Log of the Liberators: An Illustrated History of the B-24''. Book Club. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973.
* Birdsall, Steve. ''Log of the Liberators: An Illustrated History of the B-24''. Book Club. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973.
* Bishop, Chris. ''The Encyclopedia of World Sea Power''. New York: Crescent Books : Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1988.
* Bishop, Chris. ''The Encyclopedia of World Sea Power''. New York: Crescent Books, 1988.
* Bowen, Elizabeth. ''The Heat of the Day''. 1st Anchor Books. New York: Anchor Books, 2002.
* Bowen, Elizabeth. ''The Heat of the Day''. 1st Anchor Books. New York: Anchor Books, 2002.
* Bowman, Steven B. ''Jewish Resistance in Wartime Greece''. London ; Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2006.
* Bowman, Steven B. ''Jewish Resistance in Wartime Greece''. London ; Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2006.
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* Breuer, William B. ''Bizarre Tales from World War II''. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2005.
* Breuer, William B. ''Bizarre Tales from World War II''. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2005.
* Browning, Christopher R. ''Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland''. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998.
* Browning, Christopher R. ''Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland''. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998.
* Coggan, Paul. ''Mustang Survivors''. Leicester, England; North Branch, MN: Midland ; North American trade distribution by Specialty Press, 2003.
* Coggan, Paul. ''Mustang Survivors''. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing, 2003.
* ———. ''P-51 Mustang Restored''. Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1995.
* ———. ''P-51 Mustang Restored''. Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1995.
* Coggins, Jack. ''The Campaign for Guadalcanal: A Battle That Made History''. Book Club. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972.
* Coggins, Jack. ''The Campaign for Guadalcanal: A Battle That Made History''. Book Club. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972.
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* Davis, William C., Bell Irvin Wiley, and National Historical Society. ''Civil War Album: Complete Photographic History of the Civil War : Fort Sumter to Appomattox''. New York: Tess Press, 2000.
* Davis, William C., Bell Irvin Wiley, and National Historical Society. ''Civil War Album: Complete Photographic History of the Civil War : Fort Sumter to Appomattox''. New York: Tess Press, 2000.
* ''D-Day: 24 Hours That Saved the World''. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Time Books, 2004.
* ''D-Day: 24 Hours That Saved the World''. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Time Books, 2004.
* Diagram Group. ''The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century''. New York: St Martin’s Griffin, 2007.
* Dolitsky, Alexander B., ed. ''Allies in Wartime: The Alaska-Siberia Airway During World War II''. Juneau, Alaska: Alaska-Siberia Research Center, 2007.
* Dowswell, Paul. ''True Stories of the Second World War''. London, England: Usborne Publishing, 2003.
* Dowswell, Paul. ''True Stories of the Second World War''. London, England: Usborne Publishing, 2003.
* Drendel, Lou. ''Aircraft of the Vietnam War''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1980.
* Drendel, Lou. ''Aircraft of the Vietnam War''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1980.
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* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. ''The Observer’s Soviet Aircraft Directory''. London ; New York: F. Warne, 1975.
* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. ''The Observer’s Soviet Aircraft Directory''. London ; New York: F. Warne, 1975.
* Grossman, Vasiliĭ Semenovich, Antony Beevor, and Luba Vinogradova. ''A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945''. New York: Vintage books, 2007.
* Grossman, Vasiliĭ Semenovich, Antony Beevor, and Luba Vinogradova. ''A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945''. New York: Vintage books, 2007.
* Gunston, Bill. ''Modern Air Combat: The Aircraft, Tactics and Weapons Employed in Aerial Warfare Today''. New York: Crescent Books : distributed by Crown Publishers, 1983.
* Gunston, Bill, and Mike Spick. ''Modern Air Combat: The Aircraft, Tactics and Weapons Employed in Aerial Warfare Today''. New York: Crescent Books, 1983.
* ———. ''The Encyclopedia of World Air Power''. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979.
* ———. ''The Encyclopedia of World Air Power''. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979.
* Gutman, Roy, David Rieff, and Anthony Gary Dworkin, eds. ''Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know''. 2nd, Rev. and updated ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2007.
* Gutman, Roy, David Rieff, and Anthony Gary Dworkin, eds. ''Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know''. 2nd, Rev. and updated ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2007.
* Haffner, Sebastian. ''Defying Hitler: A Memoir''. New York: Picador, 2003.
* Haffner, Sebastian. ''Defying Hitler: A Memoir''. New York: Picador, 2003.
* Hagedorn, Dan. ''North American’s T-6: A Definitive History of the World’s Most Famous Trainer''. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2009.
* Hagedorn, Dan. ''North American’s T-6: A Definitive History of the World’s Most Famous Trainer''. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2009.
* Harding, David, ed. ''The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century''. New York: St Martin’s Griffin, 2007.
* Haskew, Michael E. ''Postwar Armored Fighting Vehicles: 1945-Present''. Essential Vehicle Identification Guide. London: Amber Books, 2010.
* Haskew, Michael E. ''Postwar Armored Fighting Vehicles: 1945-Present''. Essential Vehicle Identification Guide. London: Amber Books, 2010.
* Heatley, C. J. ''The Cutting Edge''. Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson, Grant & Howell, 1986.
* Heatley, C. J. ''The Cutting Edge''. Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson, Grant & Howell, 1986.
* Hogg, Ian V. ''Military Small Arms of the 20th Century''. 7th ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.
* Hogg, Ian V. ''Military Small Arms of the 20th Century''. 7th ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.
* Höhne, Heinz. ''The Order of the Death’s Head: The Story of Hitler’s SS''. Classic Military History. London ; New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
* Höhne, Heinz. ''The Order of the Death’s Head: The Story of Hitler’s SS''. Classic Military History. London ; New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
* Hollenkamp, Tim. ''Dayton Valor: The Heroic Journey of Two Ohio Brothers Who Fought in World War II Bombers''. Cincinnati, Ohio: Twenty-Four Publishing, 2023.
* Hornfischer, James D. ''Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal''. 1st ed. New York: Bantam Books, 2011.
* Hornfischer, James D. ''Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal''. 1st ed. New York: Bantam Books, 2011.
* ———. ''The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the US Navy’s Finest Hour''. New York: Bantam Dell, 2005.
* ———. ''The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the US Navy’s Finest Hour''. New York: Bantam Dell, 2005.
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* Ries, Karl. ''The Luftwaffe: A Photographic Record, 1919-1945''. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero, 1987.
* Ries, Karl. ''The Luftwaffe: A Photographic Record, 1919-1945''. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero, 1987.
* Roberts, John Arthur. ''The Aircraft Carrier Intrepid''. Anatomy of the Ship. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.
* Roberts, John Arthur. ''The Aircraft Carrier Intrepid''. Anatomy of the Ship. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.
* Robertson, Bruce. ''British Military Aircraft Serials, 1912-1966''. Revised. London: Ian Allan, 1966.
* Rose, Sonya O. ''Which People’s War?: National Identity and Citizenship in Britain 1939-1945''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
* Rose, Sonya O. ''Which People’s War?: National Identity and Citizenship in Britain 1939-1945''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
* Schofield, William G. ''Destroyers: 60 Years''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1962.
* Schofield, William G. ''Destroyers: 60 Years''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1962.
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* ———. ''USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser: Guadalcanal, 1942''. Osprey Duel. Oxford ; New York: Osprey, 2009.
* ———. ''USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser: Guadalcanal, 1942''. Osprey Duel. Oxford ; New York: Osprey, 2009.
* Stoff, Joshua. ''Historic Aircraft and Spacecraft in the Cradle of Aviation Museum''. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2015.
* Stoff, Joshua. ''Historic Aircraft and Spacecraft in the Cradle of Aviation Museum''. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2015.
* Sturm, Dennis. ''B-25 Maid in the Shade''. Revised. Mesa, Arizona: Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona, 2024.
* Suermondt, Jan. ''Infantry Weapons of World War II''. New York: Chartwell Books, 2012.
* Suermondt, Jan. ''Infantry Weapons of World War II''. New York: Chartwell Books, 2012.
* Sunzi. ''The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries''. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 2003.
* Sunzi. ''The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries''. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 2003.
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* Veronico, Nick. ''Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft''. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2013.
* Veronico, Nick. ''Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft''. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2013.
* Wagner, Ray. ''The North American Sabre''. Doubleday. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.
* Wagner, Ray. ''The North American Sabre''. Doubleday. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.
* Wagner, William. ''Lightning Bugs and Other Reconnaissance Drones''. Book Club. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1982.
* Walzer, Michael. ''Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations''. 4th ed. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
* Walzer, Michael. ''Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations''. 4th ed. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
* Werner, Herbert A. ''Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II''. Second. Canada: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
* Werner, Herbert A. ''Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II''. Second. Canada: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
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== Vintage Military ==
== Vintage Military ==
* ''Aircraft Design Sketch Book''. Burbank, California: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1940.
* ''Aircraft Design Sketch Book''. Burbank, California: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1940.
* ''American Type Designations''. Third. R.P. Publications 42/10. Southport, Lancashire: Real Photographs Company, n.d.
* Angle, Glenn D. ''Aerosphere 1942''. New York City: Aircraft Publications, 1942.
* Baker, George. ''The Sad Sack''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944.
* Baker, George. ''The Sad Sack''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944.
* Banning, Kendall. ''Submarine!: The Story of Undersea Fighters''. New York: Random House, 1942.
* Banning, Kendall. ''Submarine!: The Story of Undersea Fighters''. New York: Random House, 1942.
* Cima, Anthony P. ''The Thrilling Story of Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress''. New York, NY: Playmore, 1944.
* Collison, Thomas. ''Flying Fortress: The Story of the Boeing Bomber''. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1943.
* Cooke, David C. ''War Planes of the Axis''. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1942.
* Cooke, David C. ''War Planes of the Axis''. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1942.
* ———. ''War Wings: Fighting Planes of the American and British Air Forces''. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1941.
* ———. ''War Wings: Fighting Planes of the American and British Air Forces''. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1941.
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* Hartney, Harold E., ed. ''Aircraft Spotter’s Guide''. National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
* Hartney, Harold E., ed. ''Aircraft Spotter’s Guide''. National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
* ———. ''Aircraft Spotter’s Guide''. Dunellen, NJ: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
* ———. ''Aircraft Spotter’s Guide''. Dunellen, NJ: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
* Hawks, Ellison. ''The War in the Air: More Fighters of the Present War''. R.P. Publications 44/6. Southport, Lancashire: Real Photographs Company, 1944.
* ''How to Identify Warplanes: Friend or Enemy''. Richfield Oil Corporation of New York, 1942.
* Karig, Walter, Earl Burton, and Stephen L. Freeland. ''Battle Report: The Atlantic War''. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1946.
* Karig, Walter, Earl Burton, and Stephen L. Freeland. ''Battle Report: The Atlantic War''. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1946.
* Kinert, Reed. ''America’s Fighting Planes in Action''. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943.
* Kinert, Reed. ''America’s Fighting Planes in Action''. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943.
* Law, Bernard A. ''Fighting Planes of the World''. New and Revised. New York: Random House, 1942.
* Law, Bernard A. ''Fighting Planes of the World''. New and Revised. New York: Random House, 1942.
* ''Lessons That Live'', n.d.
* Madden, Paul, and Pete Martin. ''Survivor''. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1944.
* Madden, Paul, and Pete Martin. ''Survivor''. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1944.
* Mauldin, Bill. ''Up Front''. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
* Mauldin, Bill. ''Up Front''. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
* Morris, Herman C., and Harry B. Henderson, eds. ''World War II in Pictures''. Vol. I. New York, NY: The Greystone Press, 1945.
* Morris, Herman C., and Harry B. Henderson, eds. ''World War II in Pictures''. Vol. I. New York, NY: The Greystone Press, 1945.
* Ott, Lester. ''Aircraft Spotter''. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941.
* Ott, Lester. ''Aircraft Spotter''. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941.
* Penfield, Thomas. ''Wings for America''. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1943.
* Penfield, Thomas. ''Wings for America: Fighting Planes of the U.S.A.'' American Patriot’s. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1942.
* ———. ''Wings for America''. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1943.
* Pitkin, Walter. ''What’s That Plane: The Handbook for Practical Aircraft Recognition''. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1942.
* Romulo, Carlos P. ''I Saw the Fall of the Philippines''. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943.
* Romulo, Carlos P. ''I Saw the Fall of the Philippines''. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943.
* Savage, Mark. ''How Planes Fight and Bomb''. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1943.
* Savage, Mark. ''How Planes Fight and Bomb''. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1943.
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* ———. ''British Aircraft''. First Annual. Vol. Two. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1944.
* ———. ''British Aircraft''. First Annual. Vol. Two. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1944.
* Sears, Hugh. ''What’s New in the Air Corps: Close-Ups of Its Latest Equipment''. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
* Sears, Hugh. ''What’s New in the Air Corps: Close-Ups of Its Latest Equipment''. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
* ''The Officer’s Guide''. June 1944. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1944.
* ''Squadron Administration''. Third. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Military Service Publishing Company, 1955.
* ''The Officer’s Guide''. June 1944. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Military Service Publishing Company, 1944.
* Walker, John B. ''A Guide to American Airplanes''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940.
* Walker, John B. ''A Guide to American Airplanes''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940.
* ———. ''War in the Air: Fighting Planes and Pilots in Action''. New York: Random House, 1941.
* ———. ''War in the Air: Fighting Planes and Pilots in Action''. New York: Random House, 1941.
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* ———. ''War Planes of the World''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1943.
* ———. ''War Planes of the World''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1943.
* Wallace, James F. ''War Planes in Action''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1942.
* Wallace, James F. ''War Planes in Action''. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1942.
* Whelan, Russell. ''The Flying Tigers: The Story of the American Volunteer Group''. New York City: The Viking Press, 1942.
* Winston, Robert A. ''Dive Bomber: Learning to Fly the Navy’s Fighting Planes''. New York City: Holiday House, 1941.
* Winston, Robert A. ''Dive Bomber: Learning to Fly the Navy’s Fighting Planes''. New York City: Holiday House, 1941.
* Wolfert, Ira. ''American Guerilla in the Philippines''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945.
* Wolfert, Ira. ''American Guerilla in the Philippines''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945.
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* ''Aircraft of The U.S Army Air Forces''<ref>{{cite web |title=Rare WW2 Aircraft Of The U.S Army Air Force 1944 Publication |url=http://www.atlasantiques.co.uk/en-GB/ephemera/rare-ww2-aircraft-of-the-u-s-army-air-force-1944-publication/prod_15403 |website=Atlas Antiques |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''Middle East 1940-1942: A Study in Air Power''<ref>{{cite web |title=Middle East 1940-1942: A Study in Air Power |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007IWGTS |website=Amazon |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''Target: Germany''<ref>{{cite web |title=Target: Germany. The US Army Air Forces' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe. [British Edition]. |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NKFRS2 |website=Amazon |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''The Aircraft Recognition Manual''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Aircraft Recognition Manual |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SHM77E |website=Amazon |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''The Book of Modern Airplanes''<ref>{{cite web |title=Book of Modern Airplanes |url=http://www.undergroundbooks.net/pages/books/3693/harold-h-booth-colonel-roscoe-turner-foreword/book-of-modern-airplanes |website=Underground Books |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''The Test Flight of Sky Robin''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Test Flight Of Sky Robin |url=http://www.historicflyingclothing.com/en-GB/aviation-books-paperwork---miscellaneous/the-test-flight-of-sky-robin/prod_18318 |website=The Historic Flying Clothing Company |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''Torpedo 8''<ref>{{cite web |title=1943 Torpedo 8 Swede Larsen Bomber Squadron WWII History Book Ira Wolfert |url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/205226361781 |website=eBay |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
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