{{Short description|United States Army Medal of Honor recipient}} {{Infobox military person |name= Lewis L. Millett |image= Lewis Millett saluting 1985.JPEG |caption= Millett in 1985 |birth_date= {{birth date|1920|12|15}} |birth_place= Mechanic Falls, Maine, U.S. |death_date= {{nowr|{{dda|2009|11|14|1920|12|15}}}} |death_place= Loma Linda, California, U.S. |burial_place= Riverside National Cemetery |allegiance= United States<br/>Canada |branch= {{ubl|Army National Guard|United States Army Air Corps|Canadian Army|United States Army}} |service_years= {{ubl|1938–1940 (National Guard)|1940–1941 (Army Air Corps)|{{nowr|1941–1942 (Canadian Army)}}|1942–1973 (U.S. Army)}} |rank= Colonel |service_number= |unit= {{ubl|27th Infantry Regiment|25th Infantry Division|27th Armored Field Artillery Regiment|1st Armored Division}} |commands= |battles= {{ubl|World War II|Korean War|Vietnam War}} |awards= {{ubl|Medal of Honor|Distinguished Service Cross|Silver Star|Legion of Merit (2)|Bronze Star Medal (3)|Purple Heart (4)|Air Medal (2)}} |relations= |other_work= }} '''Lewis Lee Millett Sr.''' (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge.
He enlisted in the United States National Guard while still in high school and then in 1940 joined the United States Army Air Corps. When he thought that the United States would not participate in World War II, he deserted and went to Canada with a friend where they joined the Canadian Army and were sent to London. He served briefly with the Canadian Forces in London but soon transferred to the United States Army, which had since joined the war. While serving with the army in World War II, he received a Silver Star for driving a burning ammunition truck away from a group of soldiers before it exploded. He later served in the Vietnam War and retired from the army in 1973. He died of congestive heart failure in 2009.
==Early life== Millett was born on December 15, 1920, in Mechanic Falls, Maine.<ref name="pe20091114"/> He grew up in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, having moved there with his mother after his parents divorced and his mother remarried. His grandfather had served in the American Civil War and an uncle fought in World War I with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.<ref name="bgobit"/>
==World War II== While still attending high school in Dartmouth, he enlisted in the Massachusetts National Guard in 1938 and joined his uncle's old regiment, the 101st Field Artillery. In 1940, he joined the United States Army Air Corps and entered gunnery school. When it appeared that the U.S. would not enter World War II, Millett, eager to fight, deserted in mid-1941.<ref name="pe20091114"/><ref name="wpobit"/> With a friend who had received a bad conduct discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps, Millett hitchhiked to Canada and enlisted in the Canadian Army.<ref name="bgobit"/> Assigned to the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, he was sent to the United Kingdom, where he served as an anti-aircraft radar operator in London during the Blitz.<ref name="bgobit"/><ref name="wpobit"/> Once the U.S. had entered the war, Millett transferred to the U.S. Army in 1942.<ref name="pe20091114"/><ref name="bgobit"/>
Assigned to the 27th Armored Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Millett served in Tunisia as an anti-tank gunner during Operation Torch.<ref name="bgobit"/><ref name="wpobit"/> During an engagement there, he drove a burning ammunition-filled half-track away from Allied soldiers, jumping to safety just before it exploded. For this action, he was awarded the U.S. military's third-highest decoration, the Silver Star. He later shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane using half-track mounted machine guns.<ref name="wpobit"/>
Millett, by then a sergeant, next took part in the Allied invasion of Italy and fought in the Battle of Salerno and the subsequent Battle of Anzio.<ref name="pe20091114"/><ref name="wpobit"/> It was at this time that the U.S. Army discovered Millet's 1941 desertion; he was court-martialed, convicted, ordered to pay a {{US$}}52 fine (roughly $983.39 in 2026)<ref>{{Cite web|title=$52 in 1944 → 2022 {{!}} Inflation Calculator|url=https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1944?amount=52|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.in2013dollars.com|language=en}}</ref> and stripped of his leave privileges.<ref name="bgobit"/> Only weeks later, he was given a battlefield commission to second lieutenant.<ref name="wpobit"/>
==Korean War== After World War II, Millett attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, for three years before being called up to serve in the Korean War.
On 5 December 1950 Millett was flying as an observer in a Stinson L-5 Sentinel when Captain J.F.O. Davis, No. 2 Squadron SAAF attached to 18 Fighter Bomber Wing, crash landed his F-51D Mustang in North Korea. The pilot of the L-5 landed on a road near the downed Mustang and Millett gave up his seat to Capt Davis. This was an outstanding act of bravery as the area was surrounded by enemy troops. When the pilot of the L-5 returned to the scene, no trace of Millett could be found. Just before dark the L-5 returned, found and picked Millet up.<ref>South African Military History Society – Military History Journal Vol 4 No 3 – June 1978 The History of No 2 Squadron SAAF, in the Korean War. Col P.M.j. McGregor, SM </ref>
By February 7, 1951, Millett was serving in South Korea as a captain and commander of Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment. On that day, near Soam-Ni, he led his company in an assault on an enemy position atop Hill 180 near Songtan or Anyang.<ref>There is a controversy about location of Hill 180</ref><ref name="historynet.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/hallowed-ground-bayonet-hill-south-korea.htm|title=Hallowed Ground Bayonet Hill, South Korea {{!}} HistoryNet|website=historynet.com|date=3 July 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref name="Commentary: Not our Hill 180">{{Cite web|url=https://www.osan.af.mil/News/Stories/Article-Display/Article/1811394/commentary-not-our-hill-180/|title=Commentary: Not our Hill 180|website=Osan Air Base|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/tale-of-two-hills/|title=A TALE OF TWO HILLS: THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE BATTLE OF BAYONET HILL|last=Murphy|first=David|date=2019-07-11|website=US Army War College War Room|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref> When one platoon became pinned down by heavy fire, Millett took another platoon forward, joined the two groups, and led them up the hill. Wielding his bayonet and throwing hand grenades, Millett yelled encouragement to his soldiers throughout the hand-to-hand fight. Upon reaching the top of the hill, his men stormed the enemy position and forced the opposing soldiers to withdraw. Although wounded in the shin by grenade fragments, Millett refused to be evacuated until the position was secured.<ref name="wpobit"/><ref name="citation"/> Historian S.L.A. Marshall described the attack as "the most complete bayonet charge by American troops since {{not a typo| the Battle of Cold Harbor}}". Out of about 50 enemy dead, roughly 20 were found to have been killed by bayonets, and the location subsequently became known as Bayonet Hill.<ref name="bgobit"/>
For his leadership during the assault, Millett was awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal was formally presented to him by President Harry S Truman in July 1951.<ref name="pe20091114"/>
==Vietnam War== After the Korean War, Millett attended Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served in the 101st Airborne Division as an intelligence officer and later served in the Vietnam War as a military advisor to the controversial Phoenix Program, which aimed to root out and kill Viet Cong sympathizers. While at the 101st Airborne in 1959 he was the commander of the first "Recondo" (reconnaissance–commando) school which trained NCOs in small unit tactics and patrolling skills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/military-history-interview-with-colonel-lewis-l-millett.htm|title = Military History: Interview with Colonel Lewis L. Millett|date = 12 June 2006}}</ref> In the mid-1960s, he commanded the Army Security Agency training center at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.<ref name="bgobit"/> In 1963,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.park.edu/alumni/profiles/millett.asp |title=Lewis Millett |access-date=2015-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064250/http://www.park.edu/alumni/profiles/millett.asp |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Park College (now known as Park University) in Missouri.<ref name="bgobit"/>
Millett retired from the military in 1973 at the rank of colonel.<ref name="pe20091114"/> He later stated that he retired because he felt the U.S. had "quit" in Vietnam.<ref name="wpobit"/>
==Later years and family== After his military career, Millett served as a deputy sheriff in Trenton, Tennessee. He eventually moved to Idyllwild, California, where he would remain for the rest of his life.<ref name="wpobit"/> He regularly appeared at events celebrating veterans, both in the Riverside County area and elsewhere around the country.<ref name="pe20091114"/> He was a member of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and the California Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Millett's first marriage, to Virginia Young, ended in divorce. During the festivities surrounding his Medal of Honor award in 1951, he met Winona Williams. They later married and had four children: Lewis Lee Jr., Timothy, John, and Elizabeth. By the time of Winona Millett's death in 1993, the couple had been married over 40 years.<ref name="bgobit"/> Millett's son John, an Army staff sergeant, was among more than 240 U.S. military members killed in 1985 when their airplane, Arrow Air Flight 1285, crashed in Gander, Newfoundland, while carrying them home from peacekeeping duty in the Sinai Peninsula.<ref name="bgobit"/><ref name="wpobit"/>
Millett died of congestive heart failure on November 14, 2009, one month short of his 89th birthday.<ref name="wpobit"/> He died at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, California, after being hospitalized four days earlier. He had experienced various health problems over the last few years of his life, including diabetes.<ref name="pe20091114"/> His funeral was held December 5, 2009 at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California and his grave can be found in section 2, grave #1910.<ref name="bgobit"/><ref name="gravelocator"/>
== Medal of Honor citation == Millett's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
<blockquote>Capt. Millett, Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. While personally leading his company in an attack against a strongly held position he noted that the 1st Platoon was pinned down by small-arms, automatic, and antitank fire. Capt. Millett ordered the 3d Platoon forward, placed himself at the head of the 2 platoons, and, with fixed bayonet, led the assault up the fire-swept hill. In the fierce charge Capt. Millett bayoneted 2 enemy soldiers and boldly continued on, throwing grenades, clubbing and bayoneting the enemy, while urging his men forward by shouting encouragement. Despite vicious opposing fire, the whirlwind hand-to-hand assault carried to the crest of the hill. His dauntless leadership and personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild disorder. During this fierce onslaught Capt. Millett was wounded by grenade fragments but refused evacuation until the objective was taken and firmly secured. The superb leadership, conspicuous courage, and consummate devotion to duty demonstrated by Capt. Millett were directly responsible for the successful accomplishment of a hazardous mission and reflect the highest credit on himself and the heroic traditions of the military service.<ref name="citation"/></blockquote>
== Awards and Decorations == Colonel Millet was awarded the following awards for his service<ref name="bgobit" /> {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | colspan="3" align="center" |alt=A metal device depicting a blue bar with a rifle, in front of a wreath of silver leaves.|center|254x254px |- | colspan="3" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Medal_of_Honor_ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |- !{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Silver Star ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|width=106}} | align="center" |{{ribbon devices|number=2|ribbon=Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|width=106|other_device=v}} |- |{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|ribbon=Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} | align="center" |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Army Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg|width=106|alt=}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} | align="center" |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=7|width=106|ribbon=European_African_Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal.png|type=service-star|other_device=arrowhead}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=Army of Occupation Ribbon.png|width=106px}} |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Korean Service Medal - Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=ResMedRib.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnamese Gallantry Cross ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=United Nations Service Medal Korea ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|width=106px}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=|ribbon=Korean War Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106px}} |- | colspan="3" |106x106px |} {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | style="text-align:center" |125x125px |} {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=|ribbon=U.S._Army_and_U.S._Air_Force_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Korean Presidential Unit Citation.png|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png|width=106}} |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" !Badge | colspan="4" |Combat Infantryman Badge {{small|with star denoting 2nd award}} |- !1st row | colspan="2" |Medal of Honor | colspan="2" |Distinguished Service Cross |- !2nd row |Silver Star | colspan="2" |Legion of Merit {{small|with 1 Oak leaf cluster}} |Bronze Star Medal {{small|with "V" Device and 2 Oak leaf clusters}} |- !3rd row |Purple Heart {{small|with 3 Oak leaf clusters}} | colspan="2" |Air Medal {{small|with 2 Oak leaf clusters}} |Army Commendation Medal |- !4th row |Army Good Conduct Medal | colspan="2" |American Defense Service Medal |American Campaign Medal |- !5th row |European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal {{small|with Arrowhead Device and 7 Campaign stars}} | colspan="2" |World War II Victory Medal |Army of Occupation Medal |- !6th row |National Defense Service Medal {{small|with 1 Oak leaf cluster}} | colspan="2" |Korean Service Medal {{small|with 5 Campaign stars}} |Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |- !7th row |Vietnam Service Medal {{small|with 5 Campaign stars}} | colspan="2" |Armed Forces Reserve Medal |Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross {{small|with bronze star}} |- !8th row |United Nations Service Medal Korea | colspan="2" |Vietnam Campaign Medal |Korean War Service Medal {{small|Retroactively Awarded, 2003}} |- !Badge | colspan="4" |Master Parachutist Badge |- !Tab | colspan="4" |Ranger Tab |- !Unit Awards |Presidential Unit Citation {{small|with 3 Oak leaf clusters}} | colspan="2" |Korean Presidential Unit Citation |RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation {{small|with Palm}} |} '''Patches''' {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |alt=|151x151px |alt=|149x149px |alt=|177x177px |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |1st Armored Division Insignia |25th Infantry Division Insignia |101st Airborne Division Insignia |} '''Foreign Awards''' {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Canadian Volunteer Service Medal BAR 2.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=War_Medal_39-45_BAR.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Ruban croix de guerre 39-45 palme de bronze.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Vietnam Technical Service Medal ribbon-First Class.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=award-star|ribbon=Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal ribbon-First Class.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Vietnam Staff Service Medal ribbon-First Class.svg|width=106}} |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |Canadian Volunteer Service Medal {{small|with Overseas Service Clasp}} | colspan="2" |War Medal 1939-1945 |Croix de Guerre {{small|with Palm}} |- |RVN Technical Service Medal {{small|1st Class}} | colspan="2" |Armed Forces Honor Medal {{small|1st Class}} |RVN Staff Service Medal {{small|1st Class}} |}
==Other honors== At Osan Air Base in South Korea, "Millett Road" is named after Colonel Millett. It runs up Hill 180, where the Battle of Bayonet Hill / Hill 180 Memorial is located. An annual memorial ceremony is hosted at this site under the lead of the US Army 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the Colonel Lewis L. Millett Hill 180 Memorial VFW (Veterans of Foreign War) Post 8180.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ham IV |first=Walter T. |title=Battle of Hill 180 remembered on 60th anniversary |url=http://www.usfk.mil/usfk/(A(GwMzqRwXzAEkAAAAODM2NDg0N2EtODZjYS00NzgwLWE4MzctNThhNGE1MWMzNWVkTLZou97PY9LKShcF7_woodZpAJM1)S(u2e0xb55yruj5f55w1k0l2rb))/news.battle.of.hill.180.remembered.on.60th.anniversary.printview.748 |work=USFK General News |publisher=Eighth Army Public Affairs |accessdate=January 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024055102/http://www.usfk.mil/usfk/(A(GwMzqRwXzAEkAAAAODM2NDg0N2EtODZjYS00NzgwLWE4MzctNThhNGE1MWMzNWVkTLZou97PY9LKShcF7_woodZpAJM1)S(u2e0xb55yruj5f55w1k0l2rb))/news.battle.of.hill.180.remembered.on.60th.anniversary.printview.748 |archivedate=October 24, 2014 }}</ref> This hill was previously believed to be the location of where he led the legendary bayonet charge. Additional research supports that the location of the battle was actually north of Suwon, near Anyang.<ref name="historynet.com"/><ref name="Commentary: Not our Hill 180"/>
A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to Millet for Veterans Day in 1999, recognizing him as one of five Medal of Honor recipients from the Southern California desert area.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208224143/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars: By Date Dedicated]}}</ref>
In 2009, a park in San Jacinto, California, was named in honor of Millett.<ref name="pe20091114"/> thumb|Close up of Millett at the life size diorama at the National Infantry Museum, Ft. Benning, GA. At the US Army Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia, one of the life size dioramas depicting notable Infantry actions is of Millett's bayonet charge up Hill 180 during the Korean War. Millett is clearly visible leading the charge preparing to bayonet a North Korean soldier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/160348-national-infantry-museum-fort-benning-ga/|title=US Army National Infantry Museum|website=usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/160348-national-infantry-museum-fort-benning-ga/|date=17 November 2012 }}</ref> thumb|The life size diorama of Millett's charge up Hill 180 during the Korean War that resulted in his receipt of the Medal of Honor. The diorama is at the US Army Infantry Museum, Ft. Benning, GA.
==See also== {{commons category}} * List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients * List of Bates College people
==References== :{{ACMH}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="citation">{{Cite web |title = Medal of Honor recipients – Korean War |date = August 3, 2009 |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/koreanwar.html |accessdate = November 21, 2009 |archive-date = March 10, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090310142628/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/koreanwar.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name="wpobit">{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |title=Daring soldier was awarded Medal of Honor |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |date=November 18, 2009 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703929.html |accessdate=November 21, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109075426/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703929.html |archivedate=November 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="pe20091114">{{Cite news |last=Ghiotto |first=Gene |title=Medal of Honor recipient Lewis Millett dies at age 88 |newspaper=The Press-Enterprise |location=Riverside, California |date=November 14, 2009 |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_millett15.41afc18.html |accessdate=November 21, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119203120/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_millett15.41afc18.html |archivedate=November 19, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="bgobit">{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=J.M. |title=Lewis Millett; awarded Medal of Honor after bayonet charge |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston |date=November 19, 2009 |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/11/19/lewis_millett_awarded_medal_of_honor_after_bayonet_charge/ |access-date=November 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524190048/https://www.webcitation.org/5lVDJS8Fv?url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/11/19/lewis_millett_awarded_medal_of_honor_after_bayonet_charge/%3Fpage=full |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="gravelocator">{{Cite web |url=http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/NGLMap?ID=8131773 |title=Veterans Administration Grave Locator |access-date=2013-01-31 |archive-date=2016-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230043639/http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/NGLMap?ID=8131773 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Kirchner|first=Paul|title=More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived |publisher=Paladin Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-58160-690-4}} {{Refend}}
==External links== * {{Hall of Valor|2234|accessdate=March 17, 2010}}
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