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- ↑ "1990OH347 Leg 023 - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History". kentuckyoralhistory.org. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ "Interview with Richard L. Frymire, December 13, 1990". uky.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ "Kentucky: National Guard History eMuseum - Frymire, Maj Gen Richard L". kynghistory.ky.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13.
- ↑ "Centre Alumni - 1998 Richard Frymire 1952". centre.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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