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One of the most memorable trips involved somehowfitting Pete, his Dad, and Hien into a fastback Corvette…no small feat for sure. Hien volunteered against (Mr.Oatis’ wishes) to scrunch into the small back area;however, it was pretty humorous and became a greatfamily story when Pete’s Dad somehow managed toscrunch there for the return trip. This was a greatlaugh for Pete and Hien for a long time, especially theeffort to help remove Mr. Oatis from the rear of thecar. Another humorous development was when Hienwas helping Pete learn some basic Vietnameselanguage…(he gave Pete a Vietnamese-Englishdictionary that Pete has to this day, as a treasuredmemento of his friend)….I guess he could not resistteaching Pete certain phrases, that when Pete practicedby delivering his carefully practiced pronunciations tothe other Vietnamese Marines resulted not so much inan understanding, but in surprise and uproariouslaughter, as the learned phrase was something totallydifferent than what it was supposed to be. (forinstance, instead of Pete saying something like, “goodmorning, gentlemen…I hope you are having a niceday”, it came out as “you people look like a bunch ofcrazy monkeys”. Even in the worst of times, Hienretained his sense of humor; and his smile and laughterover the smallest things, good and not-so-good, were asource of joy and inspiration for many of us.Thanks to the capabilities of the Internet, we were ablelocate four of our original ten classmates, and “reunite”with several of our lost brothers. Hien was one of thefirst of our ten VNMC classmates that we were able totrack down during the work up to our TBS 2-67Reunion in May of 2019, and it was through eventualcontact with his VNMC brothers living in the US thatwe learned that he had passed away in 2008 . Followingthe fall of Saigon and the aftermath of the war, theseformer officers were targeted by the Communistregime and all, including Hien, spent many years inbrutal “re-education” camps before being allowed toleave their home country under the “OrderlyDeparture Program”.Kenny Moore Remembers:Third Platoon"Like so many of us 'green behind the ears' we had alot to learn...I found the nearest RVN Marine to me atTBS was Hien, who lived across the hall from me inthe BOQ. We worked out occasionally with Hien (&with Pete Oatis almost every day after our trainingended). Hien was a major exception, tough as an oldoak board, never stopped, and although he only hadsight in one eye, he was a great inspiration to mepersonally and a fount of knowledge on the tactics orreal combat. My life was enriched by his friendship.Pete and Hien made a great team! I will miss nothaving the opportunity to reacquaint with him at theReunion!...On the way to RVN, I received a photo fromHien....he had accomplished one of his life dreams.He was driving a new Vespa, with his whole familybehind him wife and kids standing and sitting all overthe Vespa. Hien had a grin bigger than a watermelonon his face!"3‐65
Third PlatoonThese are two fragments from one of the ODP documentsthat were submitted by Nguyen Van Hien in his quest toImmigrate to the United States.1966 Photo of Lieutenant Hien and unknown friendLiberty Call!: NV Hien, Kenny Moore, and Hank Nothhaft3‐66
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August 1966 ‐ January 1967
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OpOrd TBS 2‐67About the TitleThe
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OpOrd TBS 2‐67Operation Order TBS
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experience, as did many of theoffic
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Classmate Tom Gay gave the invocati
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Memorial Section TBS 2‐67Classmat
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Jerry C BennettThe Following was on
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Tributes from various Internet Site
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Jerry Claude BennettWe were in and
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Jerry Claude BennettPOSTED ON 6.7.2
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Jerry Claude BennettThis Page Saved
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 13 M
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Steven Andre BroquistWe RememberSte
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Steven Andre BroquistM‐18
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Steven Andre BroquistThis Page Save
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JD Carter, Jr.Extracts from The Hil
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his upper arm and cheek on the hosp
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James D. Carter, Jr.This Page Saved
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John "Jack" ConsolvoJohn "Jack" Con
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John "Jack" Consolvoestablished rad
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John "Jack" ConsolvoJack Consolvo a
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Doan Duc NghiOf the ten Vietnamese
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John "Doc" DohertyFrom the 1966 Luc
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John "Doc" Dohertyyou for the good
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Battalion2nd Lt. "Doc" Doherty, USM
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comfortably together.We ended up in
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M‐41Leonard Edward Dornak
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Leonard Edward DornakWorld War II,
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M‐45Leonard Edward Dornak
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Leonard Edward DornakPhotographs Co
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Leonard Edward DornakLen Dornak was
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Michael W. DowneyPOSTED ON 10.12.20
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Michael W. DowneyM‐52
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Michael W. DowneyFirst, I wanted to
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Andrew Martin HaglagePOSTED ON 3.3.
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Andy was in Marine ROTC at X and wa
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Andrew Martin HaglageM‐60
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Andrew Martin HaglageThis Page Save
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ON THAT FATEFUL DAY. TWO STORIES ON
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Non‐military issue,commemoratives
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Robert Dodson Huie, Jr.M‐68
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyI met Richa
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyM‐72
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyRich O'Lear
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Richard Laughlin O'Learytimes with
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyOn behalf o
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyMemorial Se
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Richard Laughlin O'LearyThis plaque
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14 Apr 2008Larry was a classmate at
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Larry G. StonePictures from Memoria
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Larry G. StoneTom Williamson, TBS 2
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Larry G. StoneGrid~ AT 834 614Recon
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Robert W. WallerDavine ShoresSister
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Robert W. WallerM‐94
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Robert W. WallerM‐96
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Robert W. WallerPhotos from the Wal
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Charles W.F. WarnerFrom the Lucky B
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huddle at Samo. Or the stay overs w
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Charles W.F. WarnerChuck Warner and
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Charles W.F. WarnerM‐106
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Charles W.F. WarnerThis Page Saved
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Michael Charles WunschPOSTED ON 12.
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of a rocket‐propelled grenade whi
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Michael Charles Wunschsomething."Go
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TBS 2‐67 Deceased ClassmatesIn Ho
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TBS 2‐67 Deceased ClassmatesLe Va
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First Platoon1st Platoon Table of C
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First Platoonme a 4th of July. I jo
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First PlatoonBill Cowan,Bill McBrid
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First PlatoonJohn Bowmanand ChanCra
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First PlatoonSteve Clark 1967Skip C
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SECOND PLATOONSecond PlatoonTBS 2
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My Memories of the Second Platoon,
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Donald V. EsmondNickname: Don / EzM
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into Marine Corps Air Station El To
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My Current Life: Retired, still as
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Carl, Cuu, Mark CampaigneSkip Steph
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After Vietnam: I reported to Marine
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three and a half years until his gr
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his Hooch and I wrote back from our
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After Vietnam: At El Toro my first
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Second Platoon= Attended Reunion =K
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My Current Life: I have no kids. I
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Second Platoonvisit family in Tampa
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during my time in-country. We would
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positions as the Grunts called for
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and I am registered with the VA. I
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my door. (no cellphones) stating th
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Officer doing road and bridge condi
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Ronald HartnettNickname: RonMy Life
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Second PlatoonWilliam Gordon Hayter
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Second Platoonthere in 1967-68; Sai
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Kenneth HerrSecond PlatoonNickname:
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Second Platoon3 Future Marines: Ken
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Second PlatoonHo Chi Minh trail in
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Second Platooninvolved with multipl
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J. Clarke HoustonSecond PlatoonNick
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Second PlatoonMy Memories of TBS: W
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Wally Henderson and FriendFred Smit
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Second PlatoonToby and his Cousin,
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Don Esmond and FriendSecond Platoon
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was interesting. And we continued o
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selected as the first cadre to trai
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Staff job at Group Headquarters, Gr
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Consultant-Minneapolis (81-83); Hea
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDuring May 2019,
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDay 2: Museum, TB
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Day 2: Museum, TBS Visit, Joe's Cra
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Day 3: Local Trips, Photos, and Ban
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDay 3: Local Trip
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDay 3: Local Trip
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDay 4: Local Even
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionDay 4: Local Even
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MemorabiliaTBS 2‐67 ReunionTy Tra
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MemorabiliaTBS 2‐67 ReunionR‐25
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MemorabiliaTBS 2‐67 ReunionR‐27
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R‐29TBS 2‐67 Reunion
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TBS 2‐67 ReunionR‐31
Page 279 and 280: TBS 2‐67 ReunionReunion Planning
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rocks. Twenty-five cents each! It w
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Fourth PlatoonLeft: Khe SanhIncomin
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Fourth PlatoonRonalds, Smith, Suhy
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AdministrationThis Section Contains
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AdministrationPublished Books and A
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Charlie CompanyTBS 267~ A Retrosp
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Company Canyone who hadn’t come f
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DeparturesGoodbyesPrefaceConfederat
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A Year in the Provincesobviously do
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A Year in the Provinces“No kiddin
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A Year in the Provincesthe press im
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Leatherneck Squareproblem was less
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A Year in the Provincesmanagers, un
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Que SonTHE QUE SON BATTLES.You may
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Que Sonso, bore a high cost. How ma
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Khe SanhThe Siege of Khe SanhBack t
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TetTetIf a C130 trip to remote, f
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Tetburned up a division in trying,
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Tetthere. What they got was a rude
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ReturnReturnTrotsky must have had h
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A Year in the Provincesthe reflecti
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Stories‐Air Americasaid we'd be t
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A Tour of Duty in VietnamJohn B. Wi
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John Burwell Wilkesbarefoot childre
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John Burwell Wilkespulled out my 19
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John Burwell Wilkesreligion treats
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John Burwell Wilkesthe roughrider,
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John Burwell Wilkesno more fire fro
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John Burwell Wilkesand aim and load
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John Burwell WilkesFor several week
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John Burwell Wilkesable to play a t
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John Burwell Wilkesstill recovering
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John Burwell Wilkesmarijuana bush w
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John Burwell Wilkesgiven me the las
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John Burwell Wilkestiny splitmil
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John Burwell Wilkesin his backside.
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John Burwell Wilkessatchel charges
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John Burwell Wilkestranspired in th
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John Burwell Wilkesa paving project
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John Burwell WilkesCapt. Wilkes, 1s
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John Burwell WilkesMysterious Xmas
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John Burwell WilkesCpl. Hickey stan
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CommunicationsCommand and Communica
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C‐4CommunicationsRegarding Person
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Additional Biographies, Pictures, S
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Goodnight Chesty, Wherever You AreS
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