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PAST 392nd BOMB GROUP MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTERS
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February 1986
Groups First Newsletter
Membership Drive
2ndADA St Charles, Il Reunion Plans
The 392nd Story
May 1986
Col. Gilbert Message/Profile
2nd ADA News
8thAFHS News
IRS (C19) Application Approved
August 1986
Birdie Schmidt Larrick Profile
8thAFHS Hollywood, FL Reunion
St Charles, IL Reunion Report
Group report
December 1986
Hollywood, Fl Reunion report
Col Bush Profile
Tulsa Reunion Notice
Wendling Memorial Committee
February 1987
Tulsa, OK Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
Stories by Myron Keilman
May 1987
Pre Tulsa Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
Second Printing of
Liberators Form Wendling
Announced
August 1987
Tulsa Reunion Report
Pittsburgh Oct. Reunion announced
2ndADA Norwich Reunion Report
Membership Report
November 1987
Wendling Restoration Project Report
Pittsburgh Reunion Report
Cliff Peterson Elected 8th Pres.
Various Member Profiles
February 1988
Wendling Fund Update
Return to Wendling Announced
Wendling Memorial contributors
Colorado Springs Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
May 1988
Wendling Project news
Colorado Springs Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
Wendling Memorial donors
August 1988
Wendling Update
Wendling Dedication Report
Various Member Profiles
2ndADA Reunion Report
November 1988
Fort Worth Reunion Plans
8th Des Moines Reunion Report
Gilbert's Memorial Fund Report
Various Member Profiles
February 1989
Fort Worth Reunion Plans
Memorial Fund Project Report
Wendling Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
May 1989
Wendling Dedication Plans
8th Denver Reunion Plans
Wendling Trip Schedule
Various Member Profiles
August 1989
Fort Worth Reunion Report
Wendling Memorial Update
Memorials at Dayton AF Museum Park
Various Member Profiles
November 1989
Wendling Trip Report
Memorial at Dayton
Wendling Revisited
Various Member Profiles
February 1990
Orlando Reunion Plans
P-Bar Print/History
Various Member Profiles
Wendling Dedication speech text
May 1990
June 6th - D-day
D-Day Stories
Various Member Profiles
September 1990
8th Las Vegas Reunion Plans
392nd Meets Tom & Jill Scott
2ndADA Reunion at Norwich
Orlando Reunion Report
Various Member Profiles
December 1990
392nd Stories
8th Las Vegas Reunion Report
Wendling Memorial Update
Various Member Profiles
February 1991 Soon
Birdie Schmidt A/C# 42-50387
Crash Sceenes Visited
Placque Puzzle @ Madingly
Various Member Profiles
Col. Rendle No Martinet
392 BGMA Active in Norfolk Libraries
May 1991
Searching for 392nd Crusaders
392nd Memorializes stay in England
Dog Has Career in WWII AAF
Planning Return to England in 1992
Planning 1992 Reunion Dearborn, MI
August 1991
Dearborn Reunion Reports
Two 2nd Gens Attend Reunion
8thAFHS New Orleans Reunion planning
Various Member Profiles
November 1991
Dye Elected to 8thAFHS BOD
Krejci Elected Ex-POW president
New Orleans Reunion Report
1992 Wendling reunon ininerary
Various Member Profiles
Call For Narratives For Hawkins Book.
February 1992
577th A/C# 42-95164 Lady Eve
Leadership Qualities of Col. Rendle
Ploughshare to Host at June Reunion
Wendling Reunion Reg. Form
May 1992
Gearing Up for 50th in May 1993
Wendling Reunion Reports
Letter from Ben About Reunion
Friedrichshafen 142 MIA, 65 Survivors
8th Louisville Reunion Plans
2ndADA Las Vegas Reunion Plans
August 1992
Norfold Reunion Report
Dugan aircraft to Represent Group
Alburquerque Reunion Plans
Various Member Profiles
November 1992
A/C at Willow Run in June 1945
Last Landing for Umbriago 42-51126
8th Plans Memorial at Dayton
Louisville Reunion Report
Polking's Life After Wendling
Crusaders Welcome Ben Jone
February 1993
Crewman Sports His Ship in a Book
Natl Geographic Quotes 392nd Crewman
British Friends Send New Year Greetings
1948 Newsletters Discovered
May 1993
Crew Served Tea by Villages After Crash
Encyclopedia Shows A/C# 42-9835
S-2, Brains of Organization
General Asks Sgt For Opinion and Gets It
2ndADA Regional Meeting Report
Adventures of Birdie Schmidt
August 1993
Marsteller Visits Uncle's Crash Site
8th Chicago Reunion Plans
2ndADA Hilton Head Reunion Plans
Ferrari Bails Out and Evades to Spain
Alburquerque Reunion Report
578th Alfred Crash 4 Jan 1944
Heritage League Up and Going
December 1993
Birdie Schmidt A/C Will Fly Again
8thAF Savannah Museum
Control Tower At Wright On Hold
Various Member Profiles
February 1994
They Remember Us In East Anglia
2nd ADA Kansas City Reunion Plans
Hilton Heasd Reunion Report
Safe Harbor In Sweden A/C 42-7502
Group 1993 Financial Report
Vickers at Eisenhower Library Symposium
Pathfinder Roster
May 1994
6 June 1944, D-Day,Three Missions
D-Day Roster
A/C# 42-7485 Alfred History
Last Sheringham crash Member Found
Various Member Profiles
August 1994
McCormick - Last Casualty
Brits Memorialize Fallen Crusaders
Sab Diego Reunion plan
Gunner Survives 20mm Shell
8th Control Tower Under Construction
November 1994
Leadership Changes in the 392ndBGMA
Next to Last Mission
Pallas Athene - THe GI Jane
Crusaders Attened D-Day in Europe
Ford's Folly, A/C #42-7466
Fire at Norwich 2ndAD Library
February 1995
8th Control Tower Dedication Set
Gift Books to Wendling Schools
578th History Captures Moments
2nd AD Lexington Reunion Plans
Various Profiles
May 1995
VE Day With German Overflight
Wendling Book Response
Dr. George Barger Named Chaplain
Queen Mary brings 14,000 GIs Home
Control Tower Dedicatiod
August 1995
392nd & Brits Celebrate Ve Day
1992 Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School
Lexington Reunion Report
Dugan's Crew Celebrate 50th
November 1995
Orlando 392nd Reunion Report
Rescue Ammo Dump Crash 03 Mar 45
Anthology Book Submitted
Ben Jones Gets Married
Meehan Crew Crash In France
Charlie Dye Retires As President 8thAFHS
February 1996
Pooler Museum to Open 13 May 1996
Milwaukee/Orlando Reunion Plans
More On Ammo Dump Crash
Books Sent to Litcham High School
May 1996
YMCA Flying Service A/C
George Michel Escapes Internment
Richenbacher - USA soldier
Various Profiles
August 1996
Anthology Goes to Printer
Wall of Valor at Museum
Orlando Reunion Plans
Phyllis Dubios 2ndADA Librarian Resigns
Dovey Shot Down Before Mission
Heritage Museum Opens
November 1996
Orlando Stand Alone Plans
Birdie Schmidt Larrick Saluted
Liberators from Wendling Completed
Marsteller Returns to Germany
Delach Pilgrimage to North Sea
February 1997
Orlando Reunion Plans
Alamogorido Army Base
Historical Bits from Wendling area
Various Profiles
May 1997
Duxford Dedication
Orlando Board Meeting
Orland Reunion Report/photos
Zybort Sees Linda Finch
20th Century Book Index
August 1997
Pooler Museum 392nd Memorial
Jimmy Stewart/Col Gilbert
Sgt Coltran's Chicken
Grp Bombardier "Doc" Weiland
Minneapolis Reunion Plans
Pilotless A/C Lands in Dutch Canal
November 1997
Pooler 392nd Memorial Dedication
Meneapolis Reunion Report
Bill McGuire Fly in B-24
February 1998
20th Centry Anthology
B-24 replica at AF Academy requests
Emotional Visit to Beeston church
General Leon Johnson Died at 93
Buttermilk, The Wendling Tower
Dedication of 392nd Memorial Pooler Report
May 1998
Academy Bronze B-24 Assured
Myron Keilman Profile
European Memorial to Fallen Crusaders
French, Dutch Note Sacrifices
Chicago Reunion Plans
Report from Denis Duffield
War As Seen From The Air
Vickers Crew Returns to Accident Scene
August 1998
Oak Brook Reunion Report
Early Casualties Go Unknown
Aerial Photos, Continued
Cherry Hill, NJ Reunion Plans
November 1998
2ndAD Austin Reunion Plans
B-24 Now at Academy
Cherry Hill Reunion Report
Howard Ebersole Profile
1944 Mission Strike Photos
Extra Bomber Crew Man Was "Listener"
Ben Jones Now AF Airman
February 1999
Austin Stand-Alone Reunion Plans
Florida Chapter Reunion Report
Life at Wendling
Air Base 1943-1945
Remembrance Day at Wendling
Wendling Schools Thank Our Support
Memorials at Dayton
May 1999
Austin Stand-Alone Reunion Plans
Funds Needed for Norwich Library
Presidential Advisor Guest of 392nd
392nd Inaugurates Own Web Site
392nd Meets Vera Lynn - Again
Vera Lynn's Wartime Studio
August 1999
392nd Website Progressing
Pooler Sets Oral History Program
Bill McGuire Authors Book About Father
Vets, 2nd, 3rd Gens Find Website
Letter from Beeston Schools
8thAFHS Savannah Reunion Plans
Austin Stand-Alone Reunion Report
December 1999
Youth Infusion at Savannah Reunion
Savannah Reunion Reports
Life and Death of a B-24
Remembrance Day: Yanks There
February 2000
Queen Awards OBE to Jill Scott
Memorial Trust Libratian Report
News Hears Form Many Friends
Charles (Penuts) Schulz Retires
May 2000
How the 392nd Website Was Born
Website Reunites Crew
Tampa Reunion Plans
August 2000
Tampa Reunion Report
Memorial Gifts from Downed Crewman
Luc Dewez Sends Greatings
8thAFHS Salt Lake City Reunion Plans
November 2000
MMF Presents Exibits to Hill AFB
Salt Lake City Reunion Reports
J. Fred Thomas Visits Pacific Theater
Vickers Named to Duxford board
392nd Gets Major Reed Collection
February 2001
Ernie Barber Hangs It Up
Detroit TV - Radio Icon Is Crusader
By-law Changes Proposed At Irvine
Christmas Greeting From 392nd Friends
May 2001
June 6th = D-Day
392nd Website a Favorite
Wendling Bar Room Verses Resurface
August 2001
147 finished Tours Before D-Day
Conrad Compliles Squadron Records
More About Early Finishers
2ndAD Meets In Norwich Plans
Carnine 1st Crew to Finish
November 2001
Sept 11, 2001: Deja vu
Armancon bombs on Target 08/11/1944
One Man's Shining Hour
Old Soldiers Never Die, Just Fade Away
February 2002
Irvin Reunion Report
2ndADA Norwich Report
May 2002
Chapel Dedicated at 8th Museum
B-24 Restoration at Duxford
Ben Jones a USA Citizen
August 2002
Squdrn CO's Commendation for Egan Crew
Duxford B-24 Dedication Sept 37
2nd AD Memorial Trust
2ADA Baltimore/8th Norfolk Plans
November 2002
B-24 Dedicated at Duxford
Baltimore Reunion Report
8th Awards at Norfolk Banquet
392nd Considering Stand-Alone
Al Enlow Second Chance
February 2003
Footprints of Goodwill
Once Enemies, Now Friends
Beeston/Scarning Schools Honor 392nd
Pilot Relates Col. Rendle's Leadership
March 2003
Chicago Stand-Alone/2ndAD Plans
8th Colorado Spring Reunion Plans
August 2003
Groups 2nd CO Johnson Killed
392nd By-law Changes
Chicago Stand-alone Report
A Visit With Pat McCarthy
Birdie Schmidt to Preform
8th Colorado Spings Plans
December 2003
Birdie Stars in 8th Reunion
December 7, 1941 Not Forgotton
Army Retires John Gilbert
Colorado Springs Reunon Report
Offical Challenge Coin
Tragic loss of Schoolmaster
February 2004
Gotha: Presidential Citation
Facts About Atlantic Air Routes
75 Missions Without Abort
Bob Tays - Surviving WWII
May 2004
Crusaders Recall D-Day
Crusaders That Flew D-Day
Lead Navigator D-Day Log
Son posts Thoughts on Website
Medical Officer Ellison Report
August 2004
Tison/Bonnassiolle Find Records
J. Fred and Jane Russell
Philadelphis Reunion Report
8th Kansas City Plans
December 2004
392nd half KIAs Buried in Europe
392nd "Fighting Sam" planned Museum
Kansas City Reunion Report
Dye Leadership Awarded by 8th
Heartfelt Letter from England
February 2005
Dutch People Remember and Honor
Battle Damage Photos
2ndAD San Antonio Plans
Ebay Purle Heart
May 2005 Not Published
August 2005
Dutch Re-Enact Walker Crash
Lingle Family to Holland For Reinactment
"Fightin Sam" Fund Drive
Pres. Bush Visits Netherlands Cemetery
8th Arlington Reunion Plans
November 2005
Amendment to By-Laws
Assoc Looks to 2nd Gens
Arlington Reunion Report
8th Eaker Reward
February 2006
Not All Losses From Combat
Alamogordo Accident
Everhart Crew 22 Apr 44 Hamm Mission
Falls Church VA Reunion Plans
French Villagers Remember McKee Crew
May 2006
First Combat Losses: 4 Oct 43
Things We Carried
Website Updates
"Limey Kid" Remembers USA
Target: Frisian Islands 4 Oct 43
Veteran Recalls Early Days
August 2006
Barfield's A/C Photos
Bossier City/Falls Church Plans
16 Jan 45 - No Wendling A/C Recovered
Last Squadron to Leave US Crashes
Barfield A/C Photos
Alamogordo Crash 29 June 1943
November 2006
Six 2nd Gens Elected to Board
2006 Reunion Reports
Kalamazoo Reunion Plans
Oak Mackey Elected 2ndADA President
Flight Line Fire 4-Dec-44
Wendling Memorial Articles
Ode to Jack Bode
February 2007
Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids Plans
Dye and Barber Faithful Rewards
392nd Supports Rhine Crossing
May 2007
392nd Best in 2AD Say Gen. Hodges
Accounts of 5 Dec 1943 Fire
Kalamazoo Reunion Plans
Ground Crews Listed on Website
August 2007
392nd Rally to Sustain Memorial
Kalamazoo Reunion Report
Crashed B-25 Leads to Loncke Marriage
Michel Tells WWII Experiences
John Gilbert Appointed Representive
November 2007
Remembrance Day at Wendling
Memorial Challenge Met.
Star Spangled Banner
Trolly Missions
Topeka Crash Takes 5 Lives
March 2008
Retiremenr of Two NEWS Mainstays
392nd Wreck Found in North Sea
March Madness at Wendling
Savannah Reunion Information
465th Sub Depot Outstanding Work
June 2008
Capt Emmett Fore: Crusader & Olympian
Memorials In Norfolk to The 392nd BG
1287th Military Police
Ernie Barber: 1921-2008
D-Day From Two Perspectives
September 2008
Savannah Reunion Photos
Stories from the Reunion
8th AF War Bond Drive
Wanted: Best Looking Girl
December 2008
Missions: Kiel and Bingen
Mail Call
Football, American Style
Transfers to The Infantry
Winters in Wendling
Red Cross Aeroclub
Battle of The Bulge
Back in 1944: 10th S.C.Sqdrn
March 2009
Two Crews After Friedrichshafen
The Patriot Guard
Ground Crew Deaths
Do You ReMember
Air Raid!
Tributes to Fallen Crusaders
Close Call At Station 118
June 2009
392nd Loses Col Gilbert, Birdie
Cincinnati Reunion Info
Service of Remembrance in England
From The Histories
September 2009
Cincinnati Reunion Photo/Stories
A Thank You From Greg Hatton
Eulogy of Lawrence Gilbert
A Unique Connection
10th SCS: First at Wendling
Fate of The Ellis Crew
Mission to Kassel
A "Dry Land" Ditching
Evelyn Cohen, One of A Kind!
December 2009
Prepare to Ditch!
1944 ARC Christmas Party For Kids
Cpl Richard G. Merchant
Gunnery Training at Wendling
Rah, Rah, Rah!!
Ditching Procedures
March 2010
Detroit Reunion Info
Unoffical Tuson Reunion Info
A Last Salute to Bob Vickers
Crusader Emblem Lives On
465th Sub Depot, January 1945
Air-Sea Rescue
June 2010
New Memorials in England
Missions and Medevacs
T/Sgt Norman J. Lancy
New Orleans 2nd AD Reunion Info
September 2010
Detroit Reunion Photos
Stories From the Reunion
392nd KIA Interred In CA
The Early Missions
December 2010
VIPs Visit in Fall of 1944
Major Glenn Miller
Sgt Chiodo Interred In Ohio
31 December 1944 by Dick Esenwein
The Crusaders Dance Band
Remembrance Sunday - Nov 14th
Father Robert Martin’s Prayer
How Cold Was It? - 1944-45 Winter
2ADA News
March 2011
Gotha
Beyond Courage
Stalag Luft 17b
War Prisoners' Aid of the YMCA
The POW Experience
The Last 392nd POWS
POW Question for Emily Post
Goar Recently Honored
June 2011
Going Home
St Louis Reunion Info
578th Tail Gunner Interred
War Brides
September 2011
Missions to Norway
The Other Airmen
Perpetuating the Legacy
New Tax Status Approved!
December 2011
392nd Meets In St. Louis
Bishop Crew Laid to Rest
Overseas Allies
392nd Burials at Jefferson Barracks
The Eggleston Crew
St. Louis Reunion Photos
March 2012
Anatomy of a Mission - Part 1
Happy BirthDay, 8th Air Force!
Mission to Dortmund
Bombs and Bullets
Inventing the Radio Bomb Release
June 2012
Anatomy of a Mission - Part 2
Chicago Reunion Info
Ball Turret Gunners: An Elite Group
392nd Casualties during Assembly
September 2012
Anatomy of A Mission - Part 3
2ADA Folds
Gunner Claims
Chicago Reunion Photos
December 2012
Anatomy of a Mission - Part 4
The 392nd BG is ReMembered
A Christmas Story
465th Sub Depot
A Hung-up Bomb
March 2013
Battling the Weather
Savannah Reunion Info
Updates From England
An Almost Routine Mission
Bail Out and Barbed Wire
June 2013
Breakout At ST. LO-Periers
A Heroic Engineer
Bikes and Pubs
Marshall & Kiger: Missing No More
September 2013
Savannah Reunion Report and Photos
USA, UK Flags Raised at Memorial
Oberpfaffenhofen: 21 July 1944
Amish Airman: S/Sgt Harvey J. Byler
December 2013
Personal Awards
A Veterans Day Tribute
Updates from England
March 2014
Aircraft Accidents
A Job Well Done
POW Book Reviews by Greg Hatton
June 2014
The Last Missions
A Tribute on Hallowed Ground
Dugan, Then and Now
Nashville Reunion Information
September 2014
Friedrichshafen - 18 Mar 1944
Switzerland - 18 Mar 1944
70 Years Later
December 2014
Nashville Reunion Report
Berlin: 29 April 1944
A Tribute to John Gilbert
Nashville Reunion Photos
March 2015
Politz: 29 May 1944
Omaha Reunion Information
Remembrance Day 2014
June 2015
Cause and Effect - 8thAF Story
Memorial Day at Cambridge Cemetery
Salute the Ground Man!
September 2015
T/Sgt Ward Sackal Honored in France
Updates from England
From the Files: The Early Days
Early History of the 392nd BG
December 2015
Omaha Reunion Report and Photos
The Duffields’ Enduring Legacy
I ReMember by Aubrey Burke
Red Cross Aero Club
Col Irvine Rendle: The First Commander
March 2016
E Bar, E for Easy
Pres. Goar Receives Indiana Honor
France Honors 579th Sqdn Airman
Col Lorin Johnson: Second Commander
St Louis Reunion Information
June 2016
The Hurley Brothers
www.b24.net Update
Col Lawrence Gilbert: Last Commander
Crewdog: A Saga of a Young American
September 2016
Crewdog, part 2
I’m Finished! - Donald Cummings
The Rest of the Story - S/Sgt Berry
The 392nd BG Memorial
December 2016
ST Louis Reunion Report & Photos
Bequest in Memory of Bill Cetin
Website Update
A Wendling Story
March 2017
Farewell to Jim Goar
New Orleans Reunion Information
The Yanks go back home
Jim Goar’s Photo Album
Onion Bombs
June 2017
D-DAY - 6 June 1944
The Reunion Economy Plan
The 100th Mission Party
September 2017
200th Mission
Website New Material List
8AF Casualty Analysis
8th AF War Bond Drive
December 2017
Wendling Reunion 2018 Details
Updates from England
New Orleans Reunion Report
NOLA Reunion Photos
March 2018
A Son's Father - Nicholson
Dayton Reunion Information
392nd "Firsts" - Pres. Column
Jim Goar’s Photo Album
June 2018
What Happend to the B-24s?
Milton Henderson "Half Mission"
Getting the Men & Planes Home
Roll of Honor at Beeston School
October 2018
Wendling Trip Reunion Edition
December 2018
Dayton Reunion Report
Remembrance Day 2018
To Good to Be True - 465th Sqdrn
Officers Mess/Operations Building
March 2019
Operation Market Garden
2019 Norfolk Reunion info
June 2019
Ordnance Guides for Bombardiers
Updates From England
Historic Relics Found
September 2019
Heritage League Norfolk
More About Bombs
Memorial Days 2019
When the USAAF Bombed Montana
December 2019
Norfolk Reunion
Bylaw Change
New Officers & Directors
Remembrance Sunday 2019
Wendling Visitors
March 2020
Operation Varsity: 24 March 1945
New Memorial Plaque at Wendling
June 2020
The End: April & May 1945
News from Across the Pond
Market Garden Followup
POWs
September 2020
392nd BG War Paint
News from Across thePond
Tributes to a Bombardier
December 2020
2020 Membership Meeting
Farewell to Tom Scott
News from Across the Pond
Virtual Reunion Attendees
March 2021
579th Airmen: No Longer Unknown
January First Zoom Get-Together
Aubry Burke Tribute
June 2021
The Battle of the Atlantic
Short Snorters
April Zoom Meeting Notes
September 2021
Aubrey Essay Contest Rules
Esme Okan Flag Award
June Zoom Meeting Notes
December 2021
Savannah Reunion Report
Remembrance Day - Beeston
Christmas At Wendling
T/Sgt Crabbe Purple Heart Found
March 2022
Aubrey Award Winners
Washington Reunion Info
Paul McCarty Jr
Jerry Fitzpatrick
Doug Willies
June 2022
Sgt Cecil McDonald Diary
Across the Pond Memorial Day
Zoom Get-Together
The Jeep
Nissen and Quonset Huts
September 2022
Mess Halls
576th Dope Sheet
The Whitnah Brothers
Nissen Hut Follow-Up
December 2022
Washington D.C. Reunion
2023 Aubrey Award Info
England tour Info
Beeston Remembrance Day
Ellis Crew Remembrance Day
March 2023
Weather Men
Rosie the Riveter
Mervyn “Oboe” Jones
The S-2 Library
Ontario, CA Reunion Info
June 2023
Aubrey Award Winners
Memorial/Remembrance Day
Fulfilling Our Mission
More About Weather
September 2023
392nd Wendling/Normandy Trip;
New Memorial Plaque Dedication
December 2023
2023 Reunion Review
Remembrance Day 2023
Cheshunt Remembrance
Decembers Overseas
The (Mis)Fortunes of War
March 2024
Crew Resurrection
Photos of Station 118
Above Flanders Fields
Two Shoot-Downs, One Target
Sonny Eliot ~ Bomber Pilot
New Orleans Reunion Info.
June 2024
B-24 #42-94764, The Bad Penny
Cambridge Memorial Day - Jill Scott
Annette's Trip to Dinklage, Germany
April 2024 Meet and Greet
In Retrospect: Fortress vs Liberator
September 2024
Wil Hart’s War Years
Crusaders & Summer Olympics
December 2024
NOLA Reunion
Remembrance Day Reports
Membership Meeting
Website/Facebook Reports
Crashes, Capture, Christmas '44
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