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- ↑ Action Agency: Peace Corps, Vista Merged in New Unit [ permanent dead link ]CQ Almanac, 1971
- ↑ ACTION PSA on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4szrSZIryY
- 1 2 "History of Corporation for National and Community Service". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ↑ "History Timeline, Corporation for National and Community Service". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
