Operation Joktan

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Operation Joktan

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-0-7369-8520-8 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-8521-5 (eBook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021935223

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