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- ↑ Cassady, John. 1932. An Outline of Somerset County. Scottsdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House. p. 215.
- 1 2 "One Soldier's Unlikely Act Family Fears for Man Who Reported Iraqi Prisoner Abuse" Washington Post. May 6, 2004.
- ↑ www.jfklibrary.org
