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"In a way you might say I'm an officer—I'm captain of my soul"
December
1
1942
"In a way you might say I'm an officer—I'm captain of my soul"
December
1
1942
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"In a way you might say I'm an officer—I'm captain of my soul"
December
1
1942
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