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Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the army of his time
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3894:Military personnel from Springfield, Massachusetts
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3123:Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes 1968–1972
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2558:"Bruce Palmer Jr., 87; Led Forces in Vietnam"
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309:Distinguished Service Cross
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2004:April 21, 1945
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1624:Korean War Service Medal
1236:Army of Occupation Medal
759:Battle of Hamburger Hill
755:People's Army of Vietnam
2995:"General Orders No. 32"
2771:Oxford University Press
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2064:June 12, 1946
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1499:Order of the Rising Sun
1165:American Campaign Medal
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2464:Chiến Dịch Bội Tinh
1684:Civil Actions Medal
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