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ROTC Cadet Rob Caridad on the steps of Widener Library, Harvard University, 1 August 1999. Caridad studied government at Harvard under an Air Force Scholorship program
ROTC Cadet Rob Caridad on the steps of Widener Library, Harvard University, 1 August 1999. Caridad studied government at Harvard under an Air Force Scholorship program.

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C. Chriss, Editor, "ARMY JEEP IN A CRATE FOR $50," Olive-Drab.com, November 2006, <//olive-drab.com/od_mvg_jeeps_50dollars.php> (12 December 2006).

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