1910-1953MILITARY
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THE 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION OPERATIONS BY THE 6TH AT MAFFIN BAY, NEW GUINEA IN WWII. PLUS AN INTERVIEW WITH A PSEUDO-CHINESE COMMUNIST SOLDIER & COMPARISON WITH AMERICAN SOLDIER
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NARRATOR TELLS OF TOUGHEST 10 DAYS OF FIGHTING BY THE 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE WHOLE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN .
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KOREA 1947 - A KOREAN ARMY COOK (ACTOR) IN HIS KITCHEN. MS- 3 GIS (ACTORS) WALK IN AND HELP THEMSELVES TO COFFEE. ANOTHER GI THINKS (ALOUD)
AND PLAYS HIS GUITAR AS HE WATCHES THE 'NEW FACES' HAVING THEIR COFFEE. HE HUMS AS HE THINKS. |
| 00:33:16 195.1 |
MS- THE 3 GIS ASK HIM TO SING A HAWAIIAN TUNE.
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| 00:33:25 204.1 |
MS- A HAWAIIAN GIRL, IN HAWAII, DANCES THE HULA TO THE TUNE OF THE GUITAR.
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| 00:33:40 219.1 |
LS- TROOPS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY CARRY THEIR BAGS ONTO A TROOPSHIP AT HAWAII TO THEIR DESTINATION IN NEW GUINEA.
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| 00:34:27 266.1 |
LS- TROOPS WALK DOUBLE LINE ALONG THE BEACH OF BEAUTIFUL PICTURESQUE NEW GUINEA WITH DAY AFTER DAY OF RAINY WEATHER AND MUDDY GROUNDS.
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| 00:34:52 291.1 |
MS- A BUSHY HAIRED NEW GUINEA NATIVE HELPS GIS BUILD GRASS HUTS. MS- A GI POURS A BUCKET OF WATER OVER HIS HEAD TO COOL OFF.
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| 00:35:13 312.1 |
MS- GI TRUDGE THROUGH A KNEE DEEP STREAM IN THE JUNGLE.
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| 00:35:50 349.1 |
LS- GI PATROL THROUGH A DENSE JUNGLE BRUSH SUDDENLY A SHOT RINGS OUT AND THE GIS HIT THE GROUND FOR THE 1ST ACTION IN NEW GUINEA LONG TREE HILL. THE BLOODIEST 10 DAYS OF THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN.
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| 00:36:30 389.1 |
MS- DEAD JAP LIES FACE UP ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR.
MS- A DEAD GI IS CARRIED FACE DOWN ON A STRETCHER |
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MS- 2 GIS STRUGGLE TO MOVE AN ARTILLERY PIECE UP THE DENSELY WOODED HILL.
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| 00:37:08 427.1 |
PAN OF DEAD JAP BODIES AFTER THE HILL WAS TAKEN
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| 00:37:20 439.1 |
MS- A GI READS A LETTER FROM HOME WHILE IT RAINS HEAVILY.
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| 00:38:13 492.1 |
MONTAGE- GIS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY MAKE ANOTHER LANDING ON NEW GUINEA. MS- GIS WADE WAIST DEEP TO SHORE WITH NO OPPOSITION.
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| 00:38:59 538.1 |
MS- AN OFFFICER INTERROGATES A CAPTURED JAP SOLDIER.
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| 00:39:03 542.1 |
MS- ARMY ENGINEERS USE A BULLDOZER TO BUILD AN AIRSTRIP ON THE SHORE.
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| 00:39:34 573.1 |
MS- AN OFFICER BRIEF HIS PILOTS FOR THE 1ST MISSION FROM THE NEW AIRSTRIP. BOMBERS TAKE OFF.
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| 00:39:47 586.1 |
LS- A SQUADRON OF B-24 IN THE AIR AS SEEN FROM A B-24 FLYING ALONGSIDE.
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| 00:40:45 644.1 |
LS- PAN OF MEN AND MATERIALS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY PILE ONTO THE SHORE FOR AN INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES. CU- A GI SHARPENS HIS BAYONET.
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| 00:41:20 679.1 |
MS- A GROUP OF GIS READ NEWSPAPERS ON DECK OF TRANSPORT AS ANOTHER PAKYS A HARMONICA.
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| 00:41:30 689.1 |
MS- TWO GIS PLAY CHECKERS AS ANOTHER SMOKES A PIPE WHILE DEEP IN THOUGHT.
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| 00:41:40 699.1 |
MS- OFFICERS BELOW PLOT ON A MAP. THE 6TH INFANTRY'S OBJECTIVE WAS LUZON AND MANILA.
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| 00:41:55 714.1 |
MONTAGE- NAVY GUNNERS FIRE TRACERS AT JAP KAMIKAZE FIGHTERS.
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| 00:42:36 755.1 |
MONTAGE- THE NIGHT SKY IS LIT UP BY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF NGYGUYAN GULF. LANDING CRAFT HEAD FOR SHORE AS THE BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.
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| 00:43:05 784.1 |
LS- GIS WALK ASHORE ON LUZON AS THE JAPANESE WAITED WITH THEIR BIG GUNS.
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| 00:45:36 935.1 |
THE QUIET DARK NIGHT SUDDENLY COMES ALIVE WITH ARTILLERY FIRE AND BURSTS OF LIGHT. THE NEXT DAY THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF JAP TANKS LIE DESTROYED WITH MANY DEAD JAPS. MUNOZ IS TAKEN AS WAS BATAAN AND MANILA.
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| 00:47:00 1019.1 |
MS- A GI WOUNDED GRIMACES IN PAIN AS HE IS ASSISTED BY HIS BUDDIES. ANOTHER IS CARRIED ON A STRETCHER STOMACH DOWN ALSO IN BAD PAIN.
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MS- GIS ARE PINNED DOWN BY JAPS WHO HOLD THE HIGH GROUND THEY TRY TO GET A WOUNDED BUDDY OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE.
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| 00:47:48 1067.1 |
MONTAGE- GIS FIGHT FOR EVERY INCH OF 'BANZAI' HILL
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| 00:48:07 1086.1 |
MS- GIS WATCH A GROUP OF JAP PRISONERS SEATED ON THE GROUND IN MANILA.
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| 00:48:40 1119.1 |
GIS TAKE SHELTER BEHIND A TANK AS THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK ON HIGHWAY 4 FROM THE JAPS IN THE HILLS.
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| 00:49:14 1153.1 |
MS- A LARGE GROUP OF GIS TUG AT A ROPE AS THEY TRY TO CARRY SUPPLIES UP A HILL
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MS- A GI TOSSES A HAND GRENADE INTO A CAVE IN THE HILLS AS GIS FIRE OPOINT BLANK INTO ANOTHER CAVE
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| 00:49:47 1186.1 |
MS- A GI TOSSES A GRENADE INTO A CAVE. AFTER A FEW MONENTS AN EXPLOSION OCCURS IN THE CAVE.
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| 00:49:53 1192.1 |
LS- JAP GENERAL SIGNS SURRENDER ON U.S. WARSHIP.
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| 00:51:17 1276.1 |
COLONEL QUINN INTERVIEWS A 'CHINESE COMMUNIST PRISONER' WHO TURNS OUT TO BE A GI OF CHINESE EXTRACTION. THE INTERVIEW IS COMICAL AT TIMES.
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| 00:58:00 1679.1 |
"THE RED BULL ATTACKS"
STORY OF THE 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION FROM CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT, WITH EMPHASIS ON WWII ACTION BY UNIT IN AFRICA & ITALY. COLONEL QUINN SHOWS ARMY MEDALS & AWARDS |
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NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION 'THE RED BULL'. AND ABOUT THE NATIONS HIGHEST AWARDS WHICH ARE USUALLY WON BY COMBAT INFANTRYMEN
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CU- MAP SHOWS NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, IOWA &
MINNESOTA HOME OF THE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN THAT FORM THE 34TH DIVISION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAJOR GENERAL LONG. |
| 01:00:00 1799.1 |
LS- SMALL TOWN IN LATE 1930s. MS- LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON,D.C.
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| 01:00:23 1822.1 |
MS- MEN OF THE 34TH DIVISION MARCH IN CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS WHEN THE UNIT WAS FORMED AS THE MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS. MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR AND WWI SUPERIMPOSED OVER U.S. FLAGS
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| 01:00:57 1856.1 |
CU- HUGE CONCRETE EAGLE PERCHED ATOP A NAZI EMBLEM. CU- STRETCHED OUT ARM OF ADOLF HITLER IN HIS NAZI SALUTE. (PAN)
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| 01:01:11 1870.1 |
MONTAGE- U.S.SOLDIERS IN TRAINING. LS- SOLDIERS BOARDING TRAINS FOR SHIPMENT TO EUROPE.
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| 01:01:35 1894.1 |
CU- SMOKESTACK OF A TROOP TRANSPORT AND THE STEAM WHISTLE BLOWING. AERIAL- GIS CRAMMED ON DECK AND IN THEIR BUNKS BELOW DECK
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| 01:01:48 1907.1 |
MS- IRISH BAND MEETS THE TROOPSHIP IN BELFAST HARBOR. MS- TROOPS DISEMBARK DOWN THE GANGPLANK.
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| 01:02:01 1920.1 |
LS- GIS THROW LOG IN THE AIR IN TRAINING SESSIONS CLIMB ROPE LADDER UP A SHEER CLIFF.THEN THEY SHIP OUT AGAIN FOR WAR ZONE.
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| 01:02:31 1950.1 |
CU- GI WITH GLASSES READS A BOOK WHILE BITING INTO A APPLE. MS- GI DISASSEMBLES AND CLEANS HIS RIFLE.
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| 01:02:49 1968.1 |
MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWD CONVOY RIDING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTA AND LANDING IN CASABLANCA, IRAN AND ALGIERS IN NOVEMBER 1942.
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| 01:03:35 2014.1 |
MONTAGE- AFTER HEAVY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT THE TROOPS OF THE 34TH HIT THE BEACHES OF NORTH AFRICA.
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| 01:03:43 2022.1 |
MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER SALUTES AS A PARADE PASSES
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| 01:04:16 2055.1 |
MONTAGE- TANKS AND ATILLERY BOMBARD THE ENEMY AT THE BATTLE OF TUNIS
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| 01:04:32 2071.1 |
LS- BURNING ALLIED TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES AS ROMMEL COUNTER-ATTACKS AT KASSERINE PASS.
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| 01:05:14 2113.1 |
MONTAGE- U.S.ARTILLERY POUND HILL 609 WHICH HAD TO BE TAKEN INCH BY INCH.
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| 01:05:50 2149.1 |
MONTAGE- EXPLOSIONS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AND SILHOUETTE ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING IN THE NIGHT.
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| 01:05:58 2157.1 |
MS- GIS LYING PRONE ON THE GROUND DIG THEIR FOX HOLES TO GIVE THEM COVER. LS- UNITS OF THE 34TH CLIMB HILL 609 AFTER TAKING IT.
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| 01:06:32 2191.1 |
CU- A NAZI SOLDIER WITH HIS HANDS UP. AERIAL-
OTHER PRISONER ARE RUSHED UP A HILL BY THEIR CAPTORS. |
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MONTAGE- CROWDS OF ALGERIANS FILL THE STREETS AND WAVE FROM BALCONIES. CU- SMILING GIRLS WITH FLOWERS GREET THE TROOPS AS THEY PASS IN TRUCKS.
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| 01:06:50 2209.1 |
LS- CONVOY HEADS FOR ITALIAN FRONT WITH THE 34TH DIVISION ABOARD. CU- GENERAL MARK CLARK IS ON BOARD FOR TRIP TO SALERNO.
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LS- GERMAN SOLDIERS ON A HILL WAIT TO FIRE DOWN AT GIS HITTING THE BEACH. ELS- NAZI PLANES BOMB THE TROOPSHIPS OFF SHORE AND THE BEACHES.
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MONTAGE- CRUSHED JEEP AND DESTROYED VEHICLES LIE ALONG THE ROAD. MS- A DEAD HORSE LIES BY ITS CART
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MS- A PONTOON BRIDGE IS SWEPT AWAY BY THE HEAVY RAIN STORM. JEEPS AND TRUCKS RIDE IN AXLE HIGH WATERS. MS- A GI STICKS HIS HEAD OUT OF TENT TO FIND A CLEAR DAY.
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| 01:08:20 2299.1 |
MS- A GI POSES WITH A HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND A HALF GRIN ON HIS DIRTY FACE.
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MS- HEAVY MUD COVERS THE WHEELS OF TANKS AND TRUCKS AS THEY ROLL DEEP INTO THE MUDDT ROADS.
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| 01:08:36 2315.1 |
MS- GIS USE MULE TO CARRY SUPPLIES UP WOODED HILL
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| 01:08:46 2325.1 |
MS- GENERAL IKE, GENERAL CLARK AND GENERAL SMITH WALK OUT OF A TENT.
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| 01:09:07 2346.1 |
LS- A BIG CANNON FIRES FROM BEHIND A TREE.
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| 01:10:05 2404.1 |
LS- THE 34TH BATTLES FOR CASSINO WHICH TAKES A LONG TIME AND MANY CASUALTIES
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LS- MONTE CASSINO MONASTERY ON TOP OF THE HILL.
BOMBS DROPPING ALL AROUND THE MONASTERY AS THE GERMANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS SANCTUARY. |
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LS- FINALLY THE CASSINO IS BOMBED AND HEAVILY DAMAGED. LS- TREMENDOUS EXPLOSIONS COVER THE LANDSCAPE.
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| 01:11:19 2478.1 |
MONTAGE- THE 34TH DIVISION RELIEVES THE 3RD DIVISION AT THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD.
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| 01:11:36 2495.1 |
MONTAGE- GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK SHIPS AT ANZIO.
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| 01:12:02 2521.1 |
MS- GIS SLOWLY ADVANCING HOUSE TO HOUSE IN A VILLAGE ARE SURPRISED BY AN EXPLODING GRENADE.
ONE MAN APPARENTLY HIT, DOSEN'T GET UP. |
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MONTAGE- CLOSE UP FACES OF DEFEATED NAZIS.
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| 01:12:31 2550.1 |
MONTAGE- GIS IN THE STREETS OF ROME. MS- ROMAN PEOPLE GIVE THE VICTORY SIGN,HOLD UP US FLAG.
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| 01:12:58 2577.1 |
MS- GIS IN ST. PETERS SQUARE WAVE UP TO THE POPE AT HIS BALCONY.
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| 01:13:32 2611.1 |
MS- GIS SOAP THEMSELVES, TAKE HOT SHOWERS IN AN OUTSIDE BATHHOUSE. MS- NUDE GIS SWIM IN A POOL.
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| 01:13:53 2632.1 |
MS- GENERAL CLARK PLACES PRESIDENTIAL CITATION ON THE FLAG OF THE 100TH BATTALION. MAKES A SPEECH.
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| 01:14:36 2675.1 |
CU- ROAD SIGN LEADING TO BALOGNA. AERIAL PAN OF THE APENNINE MOUNTAINS AND PO VALLEY
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| 01:15:00 2699.1 |
MS- A GI BREAKS A GIANT ICICLE HANGING FROM TENT.
MS- A TRUCK SKIDS OUT OF CONTROL ON AN ICY ROAD. |
| 01:15:48 2747.1 |
MS- GENERAL JOHN BODIE DECORATES A GI OF THE 34TH DIVISION, AS A BAND MEMBER POUNDS A BIG DRUM.
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| 01:16:05 2764.1 |
LS- GENERAL MARK CLARK USES A POINTER ON HUGE MAP AS HE DISCUSSES STRATEGY TO HIS STAFF. OUTDOORS
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| 01:16:36 2795.1 |
MS- CAPTURED NAZI SOLDIERS STAND BY A ROADSIDE AND WATCH ALLIED TRAFFIC ROLL BY.
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| 01:17:38 2857.1 |
MS- A GI READS A NAME TAG ATTACHED TO A NAZI POW AFTER THE ENTIRE ENEMY 34TH DIVISION SURRENDERED, INTACT, TO THE 34TH AMERICAN DIVISION
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