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More active military service days have been lost to diseasesmany of them transmitted by insectsthan to combat. How to get dressed for battle ernest easley sermon. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Jan 01, 2000 the book battle dress by amy efaw is not only a truly inspiring story, but it is also true. Fiction as a newly arrived freshman at west point, seventeenyearold andi finds herself gaining. Battle dress was also written in the point of view and voice of a teenage girl. I leaned against the window ledge above the radiator and peered out one of the halfopen windows. Alaract 2262007 ar 6701 wear and appearance of army uniforms and insignia, dated 16 october 2007.
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