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- ↑ Bonham, Selma, 1981, "Reports and Maps of the Military Geology Unit 1942-1975" USGS Open File 97-0175, p. iii
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- ↑ "Allies Landed Men Months Ago to Dig Sample of Normandy Soil." 1944. New York Times. June 11, 1944, p. 1, 36. "By Cable to the New York Times."
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- ↑ Rose, Edward P.F. and Chatworthy, Jonathan C. 2008. "Fred Shotton: a 'Hero' of Military Applications of Geology During World War II." Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrology. Volume 4, pages 177-179.
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- ↑ Bonham, Selma, 1981, "Reports and Maps of the Military Geology Unit 1942-1975" USGS Open File 97-0175 p. iii
