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- 1 2 3 4 5 Pete Hamill, New York Times , 31 December 1995, The Lives They Lived: Victor Riesel and Walter Sheridan;In Defense of Honest Labor
- 1 2 JFK Library, Walter Sheridan Personal Papers
- 1 2 3 4 5 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 14 January 1995, Walter Sheridan Dies; Helped to Investigate Hoffa,
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 David Stout, New York Times , 15 January 1995, Walter J. Sheridan Is Dead at 69; Helped Build Case Against Hoffa
- ↑ Joan Mellen (2005), A Farewell to Justice , Potomac Books, p282
- ↑ Assassination Records Review Board (1998), Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board, Chapter 7
- ↑ Assassination Records Review Board (1998), Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board, Chapter 7
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