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COLUMN HEADINGS:
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bbrefID
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Baseball Reference (Sean Lahman) ID
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RETRO_ ID
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Retrosheet (Tom Ruane) ID
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BIRTHD ATE
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BIRTH_ CITY
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B_S
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Birth state
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BRTH_COUNTRY
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GIVEN
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Given name(s)
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AKA
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Aliases, real name, other nicknames, etc.
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NICKNA ME
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Principal nickname
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LAST
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Surname
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Debut Yr
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First Year Played in Major Leagues
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B
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Broadcaster
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W
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Writer
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J
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Played in Japanese Leagues
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NL
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Played in Negro Leagues
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A
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Amateur or Semi-Pro
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U
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Umpire
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Mn
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Played in Minor Leagues
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S
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Scout
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C
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Coach
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M
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Manager
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E
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Executive
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B
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Batted (handedness)
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T
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Threw (handedness)
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POS
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Principal Position Played
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HT
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Height
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WT
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Weight
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DEBUT
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Date of First Major League Game
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Debut Team
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Team played for in First Major League Game
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LG
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League played for in First Major League Game
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LAST GAME
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Date of Last Major League Game
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DEATH DATE
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DEATH CITY
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DEATH STATE
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DEATH COUNTRY
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COMME NT
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CW
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Civil War
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S/A
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Spanish American War(s)
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BR
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Boxer Rebellion
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MBW
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Mexican Border War (Pancho Villa)
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WW1
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World War I
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WW2
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World War II
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KOR
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Korean War
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VN
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Viet Nam War
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MIL
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In between wars
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WAR(S)
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War(s) Fought in
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Svc
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Branch of Service
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UNIT
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Regiment, Division et al.
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RANK
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Serial No.
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MEDAL S
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CR
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See Encyclopedia of Catchers
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BP
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See SABR BIOproject
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GB
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See Baseball in Wartime by Gary Bedingfield
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FROM,T O
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Dates of first stint
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WAR
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War of second stint
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FROM,T O
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Dates of second stint
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RANK
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Rank in second stint
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OBIT
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Obituary entry or URL
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Submitt er
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Person responsible for entry
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SOURC E
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URL
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Web Link (where there are more than one, Link with the most information)
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Military Details
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SOURCE CODES
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BBHOF
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Baseball Hall of Fame - Baseball Enlists Exhibit 2002
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BBLib
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Baseball Library.com at http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/
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BC
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Nemec, David (and others), The Baseball Chronicle, Publications International, Ltd. (2001)
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BL
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BaseballLibrary.com
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BioProj
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SABR BioProject
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Bnec
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Baseball Necrology by Bill Lee
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Burns
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Burns, Ken and Ward, Geoffrey, Baseball - An Illustrated History
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CA Gold
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California League Goldbook; Wm Weiss, League Statistician
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CR
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Chuck Rosciam (Encyclopedia of Catchers)
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DBE
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Deadball Era website
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EFQ
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Elysian Fields Quarterly 1999 article
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Farmer
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Farmer, Ted - "Hank Gowdy and the Call to Arms"
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GB
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Bedingfield, Gary, Baseball in World War II Europe, Charlotte, NC, Arcadia Publishing (2000);Baseball in Wartime
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Gilbert
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Gilbert, Bill, They Also Served: Baseball and the Home Front, 1941-1945, New York, Crown (1992)
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HBB
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Historical Baseball website
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HEC
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Harrington E. "Kit" Chrissey, Baseball and the Armed Services
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Kephart
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database from Walter Kephart, SABR member
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LOC
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Library of Congress
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N&C
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Neft, David and Cohen, Richard, The Sports Encyclopedia - Baseball, 13th Ed., St. Martin's Press, NY (1993)
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NHA
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James, Bill, New Historical Baseball Abstract (2001)
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Nowlin
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information from Bill Nowlin, SABR member
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PM
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Peter Morris
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POR/TS N
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Sporting News on Paper of Record
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RH
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Reed Howard
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RHN
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Rod Nelson
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RMSAB R
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Rocky Mountain Chapter SABR meeting
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RP
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Richard Puff
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RVB
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Van Blair, Rick, Dugout to Foxhole: Interviews with Baseball Players Whose Careers Were Affected by World War II, Jefferson, NC, MacFarland and Co. (1994)
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RWH
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Ron Henry
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Shatzkin
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Shatzkin, Mike, The Ballplayers, William Morrow and Co. (1990)
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TMFM
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Texas Military Forces Museum
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TSN
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The Sporting News
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MEDALS & AWARDS
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ACV
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Army Commendation with VB for Valor
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BC
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Battlefield Commission
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BS
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Bronze Star
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BtS
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Battle Star
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CMOH
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Congressional Medal of Honor
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CR
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Campaign Ribbon
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DFC
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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DSC
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Distinguished Service Cross
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GCR
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Good conduct ribbon
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GS
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Gold Star
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MOF
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Medal of Freedom
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OLC
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Oak Leaf Cluster
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Oak3
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Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
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PH
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Purple Heart
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PUC
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Presidential Unit Citation
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SS
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Silver Star
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WARS
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MEX
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Mexican-American War
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CW
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Civil War
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IND
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Indian Wars
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Sp-Am
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Spanish American War(s)
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BR
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Boxer Rebellion
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MBW
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Mexican Border War (Pancho Villa)
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