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940:. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co.
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1083:House Armed Services Committee
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1622:History of women in the USMC
1592:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
1383:Chaplain of the Marine Corps
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1228:Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
1212:Marine Corps Systems Command
1160:I Marine Expeditionary Force
860:Crowder, Michael J. (2000).
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43:VMSB-233's WWII insignia
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881:Hell in the Heavens
812:on 28 December 2007
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511:Marine Air Reserves
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1569:Marine Detachments
1499:Acronyms and terms
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1363:Historical Marines
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