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- ↑ Williams, Harold. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, OCLC Number:465524647.
- ↑ Evanhoe, Ed (1995). Darkmoon: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 59.
- ↑ Evanhoe, Ed (1995). Darkmoon: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. pp. 137–141.
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