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- ↑ "Board of Veterans Appeals citation no. 1534047". August 20, 2015.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Randy. Stanley Kubrick: Seven Films Analyzed, 2nd ed., pp. 300-301, McFarland & Company, 2015. ISBN 978-0-7864-2152-7.
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