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- ↑ "Odie Minatra Is New Military College Head". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. October 22, 1926. p. 10. Retrieved November 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Perry's Death Is Mourned By Lions". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. November 3, 1926. p. 24. Retrieved November 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Hart, Brian (1976). "Texas Military College". Handbook of Texas . Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved November 25, 2024.
