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Proceedings Magazine - November 2008 Vol. 134/11/1,269

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A Fight to the Finish
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - November 2008 Vol. 134/11/1,269
By: Merrill L. Bartlett
While Army and Marine leaders took petty swipes at each other, Leathernecks and Doughboys fought—and died—side by side in the final days of World War I.
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A Fight to the Finish
While Army and Marine leaders took petty swipes at each other, Leathernecks and Doughboys fought—and died—side by side...
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