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- ↑ "Biografia del Gen. S.A. Sandro Ferracuti". Ministero della Difesa (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "Generale S.A. Sandro FERRACUTI" (PDF). difesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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