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- ↑ Opoku-Agyemang, Lovelace. "Ghana: 58 Years After the February 28th 1948 Crossroads Incident". AllAfrica. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sgt Adjetey, Cpl Attipoe, Pte Odartey …February 28 Shooting Commemoration At Nationalism Park". The True Statesman. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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