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"I've Had Three Colonels and a General Shot from Under Me!"
May
1
1940
Barbara Shermund
"I've Had Three Colonels and a General Shot from Under Me!"
May
1
1940
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"I've Had Three Colonels and a General Shot from Under Me!"
May
1
1940
Barbara Shermund
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