American Merchant Marine Memorial
Camden, New Jersey

It must be a good is a if two people have it at the same time, and this is the case in relation to this page and the American Merchant Marine Memorial monument in Camden, New Jersey which was dedicated on June 11, 2005. I first put a page on the Internet as an on-line memorial to the men from Camden, New Jersey and other towns in Camden County who died while serving in America's Merchant Marine during World War II in late 2002, while Charles Mardigian got the ball rolling on having a physical monument placed on the Camden Waterfront around the same time. Neither of us were aware of the others efforts, and we first met by phone, through Joe Balzano of the South Jersey Port Corporation, in July of 2005. Click to the link below to find out more about the merchant marine and those from Camden and Camden County who made the ultimate sacrifice for us during World War II. 

Phil Cohen
September 17, 2005

  Camden City & Camden County Merchant Marine Memorial

American Merchant Marine Memorial
Camden NJ - June 11, 2005

Cover Painting by Lieutenant WN. Wilson, U.SMS; Courtesy U.S Merchant Marine Academy

 On September 27, 1942, the Liberty Ship, Stephen Hopkins, encountered the German auxiliary cruiser Stier and her escort, the blockade runner Tannenfels in the South Atlantic. 

The Stier was an armed commerce raider. The Tannenfels delivered supplies and took off prisoners from surface raiders operating in the South Atlantic. The Stephen Hopkins carried a crew of forty and a fifteen-man naval armed guard. She was under the command of Captain Paul Buck. Her main firepower was one 4-inch gun and dual 37-mm machine guns mounted on the bow. Refusing to strike his colors, but with German shells on their way, Captain Buck made his decision. He would fight rather than surrender. The Stier had met and sunk 19 other merchant vessels of various Allied nationalities. None of these ships put up any resistance. The American tanker Stanvac Calcutta put up a fight but was sunk with the loss of fourteen of her crew, including the captain, and two members of her armed guard. A gun battle between the Stephen Hopkins and the Steir and Tannenfels ensued reminiscent of the ship-to-ship battles of the War of 1812. The Stier was to follow the Stephen Hopkins to the bottom in the 2,200 fathom deep above which they had duelled. The Tannenfels, although damaged, made Bordeaux. Fifteen survivors of the Stephen Hopkins sailed a lifeboat 1000 miles from the site of the battle to a landing at the small Brazilian fishing village of Barra do Itabopana. There were many heroes of this battle; however, with the Navy gun crew dead or dying about him and the magazine afire below, Cadet Midshipman Edwin J. O'Hara continued firing the Hopkins' 4-inch shells until he ran out of shells. He was later killed by flying shrapnel. The cover painting hangs in O'Hara Hall at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Cadet O'Hara was 18 years of age. He had escaped the blazing engine room, had learned basic gunnery at the Merchant Marine Academy, and from his friend, Ensign Kenneth M. Willett, U.S.N.R., commander of the naval armed guard who was also fatally wounded in the gun battle. O'Hara single handedly manned the 4-inch gun, loading and firing the remaining five rounds scoring hits on the Stier and Tannenfels. The nation bestowed a whole cluster of posthumous awards on the ship and her heroic company. The Stephen Hopkins herself was awarded a Gallant Ship citation, and two later Liberty Ships were christened the Stephen Hopkins and the Paul Buck. A destroyer escort (DE­354) was named for Ensign Willett. For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage, Willett was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medals were posthumously bestowed on Captain Buck and Cadet Midshipman O'Hara.

U.S. MERCHANT MARINE AND U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD

THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE WAS A FLEET OF GOVERNMENT OWNED VESSELS OPERATED BY PRIVATE SHIPPING COMPANIES. THE MERCHANT MARINE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING FULLY 85% OF THE TROOPS, AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES USED TO SUPPORT THE ALLIED WAR £EFFORT DURING WORLD WAR II AND IS CREDITED WITH CONTRIBUTING DECISIVELY TO THE ULTIMATE ALLIED VICTORY, THE MERCHANT MARINE SUFFERED MORE LOSS OF LIFE. BY PERCENTAGE, THAN ANY BRANCH OF ARMED SERVICE. ONE IN 20 MARINERS SERVING ABOARD MERCHANT SHIPS IN WORLD WAR DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE MERCHANT MARINE: AND THE U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD, WHICH MANNED THE GUNS ON MERCHANT SHIPS, ARE TRULY THE FORGOTTEN HEROES OF WORLD WAR II.

THE MEN WHO SERVED THE WAR EFFORT WITH THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE WERE ALL VOLUNTEERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 16 TO 78 YEARS OLD. NO ONE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. MARITIME SERVICE. MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS WERE "UNFIT" FOR THE MILITARY DUE TO HEALTH OR DISABILITIES. THEY COULD HAVE STAYED HOME BUT WERE EAGER TO HELP WIN THE WAR AND CHOSE TO RISK THE PERILS-S OF THE SEA.

MERCHANT SHIPS FACED DANGER FROM SUBMARINES.6URFACE SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, MINES AND THE ELEMENTS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 9300 MARINERS WERE KILLED AND OVER 12,000 WERE WOUNDED. THE U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD LOST OVER 2000 MEN. AND 1100 WERE WOUNDED. 600 MEN WERE CAPTURED AND HELD AS PRISONERS OF WAR. OVER 863 SHIPS WERE LOST DUE TO ENEMY ACTION, 31 SHIPS VANISHING WITHOUT A TRACE.

MARINERS RECEIVED PAY ONLY WHILE SERVING ABOARD SHIP. IF A MARINER'S SHIP WAS SUNK, HIS PAY STOPPED AND HE: WAS RESPONSIBLE TO FIND HIS OWN WAY HOME AND AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. WHEN A MARINER RETURNED TO HIS HOME PORT, HE WAS OFTEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VESSEL TO GO BACK TO SEA, SOMETIMES ONLY TO LOSE ANOTHER SHIP. THESE PROFESSIONAL SAILORS NEVER LOST FAITH IN THEIR COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR. THEIR EFFORTS CONTINUED AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE TREATY; THEY STAYED UNTIL ALL OF OUR TROOPS WERE SAFELY HOME.

RETURNING MARINERS DID NOT RECEIVE PRIORITY FOR jWAR LOSS OR MEDICAL CARE FOR DISABILITIES. THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION OR LOW-COST LOANS OR EDUCATION, HOMES OR SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY SUFFERED FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS FROM THIS LACK OF BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITY ALL OF THEIR LIVES.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FINALLY GRANTED VETERAN STATUS TO THE: MERCHANT MARINE IN 1988.

 EXCERPTS FROM COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY
GENERAL COLIN L POWELL
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

While the Merchant Marine belongs to the Department of Transportation, there has long been a close association between our merchant marine and the armed services. Since I became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a little over two years ago, I have come to appreciate firsthand why our merchant mariners have long considered themselves the nation's fourth arn of defense.

Because the American seafarer provides an essential service to the well-being of the nation, as was demon­strated so clearly during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Merchant mariners-including many of you seated here before me-worked side by side with sol­diers, sailors, airman, marines and coast guardsmen to get the job done that needed to be done at the time.

You know, earlier this month, we observed an his­toric anniversary from another war. June fourth marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Midway, that great United States naval victory that marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific during World War II.

While the heroes of that battle are well known, the heroes of another epic struggle that was being fought that very same time halfway around the world are not so well know to Americans.

Fifty years ago today, U.S. merchant vessels operat­ed by your forebears were battling the frigid seas of the North Atlantic to provide the lifeline to our allies in Europe. The sacrifice of those mariners was essential to keeping us in the war until we could go on the offensive.

It was a battle that, frankly, in the darkest days of 1942, we were in danger of losing. Our merchant ships were sitting ducks as they sailed from East coast ports, with German U-boats off our coasts ready to prey upon the unprotected fleets. In World War II, enemy attacks sank more than 700 U.S.- flag vessels and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 brave civilian seafarers. On this day fifty years ago, June 15, 1942, five U.S. flagged ships were sunk or damaged, and hundreds of lives lost, trying to make that perilous journey across the Atlantic.

Not far from here stands the war memorial honoring the 142 Kings Pointers who died keeping that sea bridge open to our allies and to our troops. I am sure that every cadet, as I did this morning, has gazed upon the Roll of Honor in the Mariners' Chapel which bears the names of those heroes and the inscription, "To the glory of god and in everlasting memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom."

For too many years, the pivotal contribution of the merchant marine to our victory in World War II has been overlooked. But now the situation has begun to be rectified. On National Maritime Day this past May, Secretary Card awarded new medals for civilian mer­chant seamen who served during that conflict, as well as new service medals for the veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Men like Captain David Smith, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and later as a mer­chant mariner, helped ferry supplies to troops in Korea, and Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf.

So let there be no doubt among any in this audience, America is eternally grateful to all those who served in our merchant marine over the years-grateful for their efforts, their commitment and their sacrifice in defense for our beloved America. They are second to none.

I find myself often quoting President Eisenhower, and I think he put it best when he said, "No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best; to keep the brain and conscience clear; never to be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved and then do one's duty."

You are carrying on a tradition of duty-the tradition of the seafarer, of the mariner, a tradition that predates the birth of our nation, and that is inseparable from its proud history.

I am an infantryman. I have deployed to foxholes. I have deployed to armored fighting vehicles, I have deployed to tanks. But, I have never gone to sea. I have not gone "down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky" asking only for "a tall ship, and a star to steer her by."

Those who have, who have served for months at sea without seeing their families and loved ones, have my utmost respect and my utmost admiration.

They are not alone in their service. We often forget that the life of a seafarer is a sacrifice shared with their families. Those who wait months - who stand at the pier anxiously searching for a loved one's ship to appear over the horizon - deserve our gratitude and our admira­tion as well.

General Powell delivered the above Commencement Address to the Class of 1992, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point on June 15, 1992.

Wreath Laying Ceremony
aboard the
Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown

Sunday June 12,2005 Penn's Landing, Philadelphia PA

One of only two surviving fully. operational Liberty ships preserved in the U.S., the is a product of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program that built more than 2,700 liberty ships dur­ing World War II. Designed for quick and relatively easy construction, Liberty ships made possible the massive sealift of troops, arms, and material to all theaters of the war. The Brown was built in 56 days by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore.

The Brown made 13 voyages during and immediately after the war. Those voyages took ner to the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea, and Northern Europe. The Brown was at the Anzio beachhead and was part of the invasion force at Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France in August 1944. The Brown was awarded the merchant marine Victory Medal, the Combat Bar, and war zone medals for the Atlantic, the Mediterranean/Middle East, and the Pacific theaters.

After carrying Marshall Plan cargoes to Europe to aid in post-war rebuilding, the ship was used as a vocational high school in New York City from 1946 to 1982. She was then returned to the James River Reserve Fleet until acquired by Project Liberty Ship in 1988. The Brown has been fully restored and is an operating museum ship and memorial. 

EXCERPTS FROM THE UNITED MERCHANT MARINE AT WAR
WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON D.C.

The UNITED STATES was a member of a fighting team of United Nations that won the greatest war in history. There were three major play­ers who represented the United States on that team: Our fighting forces overseas, the production army here at home, and the link between them- the United States Merchant Marine. Each of the three was dependent upon the other; and together with their counterparts in other United Nations, a winning combination was evolved which smashed the Axis powers beyond all recovery.

Never before has the maritime power of America been so effectively utilized. Its naval and merchant fleets became the difference between victory and defeat. Just as our Merchant Marine linked American overseas forces with American production, so it aided in cementing the United Nations into one fighting unit not separated, but joined by the oceans. In this capacity, the United States Merchant Marine, possessing finally the largest number of merchant ships in the United Nations' pool of shipping, can probably be credited as the greatest single strategic factor in the defeat of the Axis pow­ers.

Technological advances made during the war in explosives, long-dis­tance detecting and navigating devices and the overwhelming development of bomber air fleets tend to obscure the contribution of the slower, but nev­ertheless relentless, pressure of sea power. Allied sea power, despite keen and intelligent opposition by the enemy, kept the United Nations supplied with, and enemy nations denied access to, the raw materials and fabricated products essential to victory.

German land power, with reserve war stock piles, relied upon speed of conquest to overcome its lack of access to overseas, supplies principally from America and once again launched a U-boat fleet to choke off these supplies from Britain and Russia. The heroism of these nations, including the effective antisubmarine warfare carried on first by the British and later by the Anglo-American navies, forced Germany into the long war she could not sustain. Later the coup de grace was given by the combined air fleets and the Russian steam roller-both of which owed their basic power to the stream of supplies carried around the world in American ships.

Against Japan the role of our Navy was reversed. It fought in the main an offensive war instead of defensive operations to protect our cargo-ship supply lines; American submarines succeeded where the Germans had failed and Japan's sea lanes were closed and her merchant fleet sunk while ours sailed in comparative security. Japan could not overcome these blows and came to her final defeat in a manner somewhat akin to that of Germany-from the air and from the seagoing power of the United States Navy.

Thus our Merchant Marine met its two assignments: To knit the ocean­separated United Nations into a single wartime organization, and to place our armies and their equipment on hostile territory and maintain them there.

In carrying out the latter assignment, we can say that our fighting forces were never knocked off an important beachhead, nor, thanks to the merchant fleet, did we in any instance fail to develop our landing with a steadily increased flow of supplies that enabled our armies to meet their objectives.

That knowledge will be the everlasting satisfaction of the men and women who engaged in the many tasks of building the ships and preparing them for sea, and the men who sailed those ships through the enemy's sub· marines in every ocean.

What it took to win

Each member of the American team had its high point symbolizing its enormous contribution to the victory: Among the armed services witness the United States Army on the beaches of Normandy and Okinawa; the Air Forces in the great sky battle over Regensberg; the United States Navy in the Battle of Midway when Japan's sea power was turned on its road to ruin; the United Sates Marine Corps at the pinnacle of its glory atop Mount Surabachi.

The production army commenced its grim race to fabricate the tools of victory with aid to our Allies as the "Arsenal of Democracy, " and climaxed it by reaching the beginning of a new era of man, at the threshold of the age of atomic power.

The Merchant Marine, too, had its high point. The Murmansk run perhaps best symbolizes its contribution to victory. Our merchant ships ran innumerable gauntlets of air, surface, and submarine attack ranging from the early danger zones in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to mid-Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and the kamakaze attacks off the islands of the Pacific. But none of these combined all elements of danger from man and nature alike, such as did the Murmansk run.

The war with Japan prevented full use of our World War I shipping lane to Russia through the port of Vladivostok; the Mediterranean was long closed as a gateway to Russian ports; into the Persian Gulf meant the long voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. The most direct, then, was through the Denmark Straits between Iceland and Greenland, then around the North Cape of Norway into Murmansk.

Through icy, fog-bound seas, their flanks exposed to the dive bombers, surface raiders, and submarines moving out from the Nazi-held fjords of Norway, the slow gray convoys moved-and kept moving. Nor was there sanctuary at their destination, for every hour on the hour, it was said, the black-cross planes of the Luftwaffe blasted heartbreaking delays in the grim business of unloading the ships in the ice-cluttered harbor of Murmansk. Yet the cargoes were delivered.

In symbolizing the victory of the Merchant Marine over man and nature in their cruelest forms, the Murmansk run also exemplified the high price at which we bought victory.

Up to V-J day, 733 American merchant vessels of over 1,000 gross tons were sunk during the war, victims of torpedoes, bombs, mines, and marine disasters largely caused by war conditions. This was more than half the tonnage of our prewar Merchant Marine. Hundreds of small craft were also lost, while other hundreds were damaged but survived enemy attack, and many in turn destroyed the attackers.

A total of 5,638 merchant seamen and officers are dead and missing; 581 were made prisoners of war. Through the first part of 1943, casualties among the seagoing force were greater proportionately than in all the armed services combined. Unreported thousands of our seamen and officers were injured under attack or suffered the nightmare of waiting aboard lifeboats and rafts for rescue.

In summarizing the value of the United States Merchant Marine to the military and naval forces, and thereby fulfilling its role as an arm of national I defense, it is clear that we must view the Merchant Marine as a whole- the' ships, the administrative organization which included the industry, the port and repair facilities, the shipyards from which came the ships, the training program necessary to supply the thousands of men needed in addition to the reservoir of already experienced seamen, all a unified, flexible whole which resulted in an adequate cargo-carrying capacity available at the time, the place, and in enough strength to carry out the logistical processes of the greatest war in history.

In evaluating the service of the Merchant Marine to the military and naval establishments, the opinions of the men in command of the armed services should be considered.

On November 2, 1945, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of the United States Navy and Chief of Naval Operations, wrote to Admiral Land the following:

"During the past 3 2 years, the Navy has been dependent upon the Merchant Marine to supply our far-flung fleet and bases. Without this sup­port, the Navy could not have accomplished its mission. Consequently, it is fitting that the Merchant Marine share in our success as it shared in our tri­als.

"The Merchant Marine is a strong bulwark of national defense in peace and war, and a buttress to a sound national economy. A large Merchant Marine is not only an important national resource; it is, in being, an integral part of the country's armed might during time of crisis. During World War II, this precept has been proven.

"As the Merchant Marine returns to its peacetime pursuits, I take pleas­ure in expressing the Navy's heartfelt thanks to you and through you to the officers and men of the Merchant Marine for their magnificent support during World War II. All hands can feel a pride of accomplishment in a job well done.

"We wish the Merchant Marine every success during the years ahead and sincerely hope that it remains strong and continues as a vital and inte­gral part of our national economy and defense."

Field commanders knew the value of the Merchant Marine lifeline to their operations. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said:

"Every man in this Allied command is quick to express his admiration for the loyalty, courage, and fortitude of the officers and men of the Merchant Marine. We count upon their efficiency and their utter devotion to duty as we do our own; they have never failed us yet and in all the struggles yet to come we know that they will never be deterred by any danger, hardship, or privation. When final victory is ours there is no organization that will share its credit more deservedly than the Merchant Marine."

Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur said: "I wish to commend to you the valor of the merchant seamen participating with us in the liberation of the Philippines. With us they have shared the heaviest enemy fire. On this island I have ordered them off their ships and into fox holes when their ships became untenable targets of attack. At our side they have suffered in bloodshed and in death. The high caliber of efficiency and the courage they displayed in their part of the invasion of the Philippines marked their con­duct throughout the entire campaign in the southwest Pacific area. They have contributed tremendously to our success. I hold no branch in higher esteem than the Merchant Marine Services."

A New Generation of Seamen

Despite the retention of many active merchant seamen and officers and the recruitment back to sea of previously experienced men, many more were needed to man the thousands of new ships.

Fortunately, as part of the United States Maritime Commission's respon­sibility under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, there had been in effect since 1938 a training program for officers and seamen. Shortly after the war began, it was transferred to the WSA and expanded to meet the demand for new men.

The WSA's Training Organization filled this need. In so doing, it gave thousands of young men from every State in the Union and from all walks of life, a chance to continue in the profession during peacetime. Today, because of the training program, there is a body of experienced seamen and officers available to meet all demands of the postwar Merchant Marine.

The program was carried on by three units under the Training Organization: The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps., the United States Maritime Service, and State Maritime Academics under Federal supervision.

The Cadet Corps. provides merchant officer training in deck and engine departments for young unmarried men with high school of college educa­tion. Entry into the Corps is conditional upon meeting qualifications as as midshipmen in the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve. Principal institution of the Corps is the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King Point, NY established in January 1941. This is a permanent facility bearing the same relationship to the Merchant Marine s West Point does to the Army and Annapolis to the Navy. Two basic schools, at Pass Christian, Miss., and San Mateo, California, provide preliminary training. All cadet-midshipmen must serve an intermediate period at sea aboard merchant vessels.

And missing, and many displayed conspicuous bravery under combat conditions. Although geared during the war to as fast a program as possi­ble to fill the need for trained officers, the course at the Academy will return to a 4-year basis.

The United States Maritime Service operated large training stations for unlicenced seamen in deck, engine and stewards departments at Sheepshead Bay, NY; Avalon, California St. Petersburg, Florida. Further training was provided as carpenters' mates, radio operators, and purser­hospital corpsmen for those selected from enrollees after five weeks of basic training. Special radio schools were maintained at Gallup's Island, Boston Harbor, Mass and at Hoffman Island, New York Harbor. Officers' schools are maintained at Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn., and Alameda, California where deck and engine men with at lease 14 months' sea service were given a 4 months' course to qualify them to sit for their licenses, and which provided refresher courses for officers for a renewal of expired licences.

The United States Maritime Service also conducted special courses of instruction in Diesel engineering, turbo-electric and high pressure turbine propulsion, signaling use of barrage balloons aboard ship, and chief steward training.

The Maritime Services' upgrading program was particularly effective in helping officers, seamen, cooks and bakers to raise their grades. This was an essential process to fill continuous vacancies in the higher ranks and ratings. Upgrade schools were located in Baltimore, Boston New York, New Orleans, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Wilmington, California.

Established January 1, 1944, the United States Maritime Service Institute in New York City, conducts correspondence courses to be taken at sea. Since its inception, more that 15,000 men have registered.

There are at present, five State Maritime Academies which come under Federal supervision due to the fact that they are partially supported with Federal funds. They are located in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Requirements for admission are essentially the same as for the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps.

From 1938 to December 1,1945, the training program has graduated and made available to the Merchant Marine 31,986 officers, (7,291 from the Cadet Corps. 21,988 from the Maritime Service, and 2,707 from the State Maritime Academies, 7,727 radio operators, 150,734 unlicensed semen in -all ratings, 5,034 junior assistant purser-hospital corpsmen, 2588 junior marine officers for the Transportation Corps, United States Army Service Forces, 36,620 from deck, engine and steward upgrade schools 996 from license refresher schools 3,653 from turbo electric and 642 from high pres­sure and geared turbine school 1066 Diesel engineers, 2024 6 weeks engi­neers and 127 river pilot trainees, The following special schools, graduated Barrage balloon, 7980, visual signaling, 10,001; safety at sear 1,316. There was a grand total of 262,474 graduates turned out under the WSA training program.

AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE VETERANS

Dennis A. Roland Chapter (NJ)
South Jersey Branch

Beach, George
Ciciollo, Joseph
Cox, Ray
Eberle, William
Jones, Joseph
Nelson, M. Harris
Reilley, Tom H.
Sullivan, Pat
Szymanski, George
Wagner, Paul
Zukowsky, John
Ludwig, Edward L.
Ludwig, Joseph L.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
October 1, 2005
MORE TO FOLLOW!!!!!

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Phil Cohen
Camden NJ

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