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“Jack Is Home on a Four-Hour Leave and Asked Me to Call You to See If You’d Care to Play a Few Rubbers of Bridge”
October
1
1944
Barbara Shermund
“Jack Is Home on a Four-Hour Leave and Asked Me to Call You to See If You’d Care to Play a Few Rubbers of Bridge”
October
1
1944
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“Jack Is Home on a Four-Hour Leave and Asked Me to Call You to See If You’d Care to Play a Few Rubbers of Bridge”
October
1
1944
Barbara Shermund
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