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Volume 9, Number 12


Editor in Chief Col. Warren S. Lacy, USA-Ret.


Managing Editor Molly Wyman


Senior Editor Blair Sabo


Associate Editor Krysia Green


Assistant Editor Willow Nero


Contributing Editors Gina DiNicolo, Kris Ann Hegle, Thomas R. Philpott, Ralph Wetterhahn


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