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- ↑ Janet R. Daly Bednarek (1995), The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation With the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, p. 138, ISBN 978-0-7881-2824-0
- ↑ "Commander's Digest", Commander's Digest, p. 4, June 24, 1967
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