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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data In the shadow of greatness : voices of leadership, sacrifice, and service from America’s longest war : the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2002 / edited by Joshua Welle … [et al.].

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ISBN 978-1-61251-139-9 (e-book) 1. United States Naval Academy. Class of 2002—Biography. 2. United States. Navy—Biography. 3. United States—History, Naval—21st century—Anecdotes. I. Welle, Joshua W.

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