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- ↑ "NAVAL MILITARY SCHOOL". Military School Directory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "Más inscriptos en la carrera militar". La Nación. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "Midshipmen study abroad in Argentina, Peru, and Chile". US Naval Academy. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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