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Comrade Reed transferred his membership
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from the Emes Stillwell Post No. 630, of Champaign, Illinois, to the Edward H. Larsen Post and became Commander in 1926. He was born in LaFayette, Indiana, and enlisted in the World War of 1917 and 1918, on July 19, 1917, and was discharged June 5, 1919. He served with the 108th Supply Train in France and saw plenty of active service. He entered the service as a Private and attained the rank of Corporal.
GEORGE S. HOPPER
Commander 1927
George S. Hopper is another Commander that the historian has been unable to get much information on, and also to locate him, or any of his relatives.
The information that I have was taken from the Post record card. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1896. He was taken into the Post by Mac M. McClure on October 27, 1926. He was very active in Vet- erans affairs and was made Commander the following year. He enlisted in January, 1918, and was discharged in August, 1919.
He served in the 79th Company, 6th Ma- rines, and saw service in France, Belgium and Germany.
ADOLPH STAR
Mr. Starr was educated in Bridgeport, Conn., public grade and high schools, served apprenticeship as a machinist tool maker and gage maker at the Bullard Machine Tool Co., and served as a blacksmith apprentice in Southey's Quarry of that city. He went in the United States Navy as a Machinist's Mate dur- ing the Spanish American War and was, on account of his efficient work in his line, made a Chief Machinist by the Bureau of Naviga-
Commander 1928
Adolph Starr
tion, Washington, D. C., which position he held till 1910.
He made his trip around the world in battleships, cruisers and torpedo boat destroy- ers, ranging from 8,000 H.P. to 28,000 H.P., in his charge.
He served in Europe, China, Japan, Philip- pines, Hawaii, South America, Corfu Islands, Azores, Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, and Panama Canal Zone. He has made a trip around the world and has a long record of real deeds of merit, for which he has been decorated by the Navy Department.
Since he left the Navy he has held the posi tion of Instructor of the State Trade School of Bridgeport, Conn., Process and Develop- ment Engineer and Chief Gage Inspector of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and Master Mechanic of The Trego Motor Works of New Haven, Conn.
During the World War he was Production Superintendent of the Maxim Munitions Corp. of Derby, Conn. He is the inventor and patentee of the adjustable bushing for rifles. He received a special appointment from Gov- ernor Holcomb of Connecticut as a Military Census Agent of New Haven, Conn., during the World War.
He was elected to membership as a senior member in the A.S.M.E. in 1917, and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers in 1921, and has been made a Military Engineer Member of The American Society of American Military Engineers. He is a grad- uate of the National Salesmen's Training Association of Chicago, and received his M.S. degree in September, 1921.
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A graduate Master Letter Writer and a student of American Law and Procedure of The LaSalle Extension University and DePaul University of Chicago.
A past Senior Vice Commander of United Spanish War Veterans of Bridgeport, Conn. A member of Corinthian Lodge No. 104, A. F. & A. M., Franklin Chapter No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, Harmony Council No. 8, Royal and Select Masters, and a Knight Templar of York Commandry No. 55.
Has taken leading parts in the ritualistic degree staff of Greater Chicago Lodge No. 3, Loyal Order of Moose, where he was elected to go to the national convention at Philadel- phia in August, 1927, to take one of the lead- ing parts in the initiation of 5,000 members and was requested to take part in a contest of ritualistic work held at this time where mem- bers from all over the United States partici- pated, and Mr. Starr's team carried away one of the prizes.
He has made a host of friends in Hammond and Chicago since he located here.
His hobby is to argue legal questions and he has made some reputation in that line.
He is the Past National Chaplain of the Navy Club, U. S. A., Past Department Pa- triotic Instructor of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Past Commander of United Spanish War Veterans, Brinkerhoff Camp, Number 47, of Gary, Indiana.
He is considered a very competent public speaker and has had much experience in radio broadcasting.
LIGHTEL L. WHITAKER
Commander 1929 and 1930
Comrade Whitaker was born February 14, 1896, and resides at Fair Oaks, Indiana, at the present time. He was married to Miss Pauline Lange and to this union there were born three sons and three daughters. He is employed as a
Lightel L. Whitaker
mechanic at the Ford Motor Company. He is the son of Charles R. and Lillie M. Whitaker of Fair Oaks, Indiana.
He enlisted in the World War June 2, 1918, from Hammond, Indiana, and trained in Joseph E. Johnston Camp at Jacksonville, Florida. He sailed for France, August 14th, 1918, and served with the M. S. T., 415 M. T. Co. 452. He was engaged in two major drives, the St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne.
He returned to the States May 30th, 1919, and was discharged June 4th, 1919. His serial number was 789630 and his present Social Security number is 306-01-9197. Lightel was a very active member of this Post and served as Commander two terms.
CHARLES A. KLAUBO
Commander 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935
Charles A. Klaubo
Charles A. Klaubo was born February 27, 1898, and was the son of Adolph and Jos- ephine Klaubo. His parents passed away when he was but a very small boy. He received his education in the Hammond schools in Ham-
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Commander 1931-1932
mond, Indiana.
He enlisted from Hammond on April 26, 1917, and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., and then to Fort Eaton, Allen, Vermont, and to Camp Shelby, Harrisburg, Miss. He was at- tached to the Cavalry and later transferred to the 76th Field Artillery and sailed for France April 23, 1918, and served with the 3rd Divi- sion in the Field Artillery.
While in France he served in the following engagements: Champagne Marne, July 15-18, 1918, ; Ausne Marne, July 18-Aug. 4; St. Mehiel, Sept. 12-16; Meuse Argonne, Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918. He returned to the United States August 23, 1919, and was discharged August 29th of the same year. His serial number while in service was 1550699 and his Social Security number at the present time is 306-10-8554.
After he received his discharge he returned to Hammond, Indiana, and was married to Miss Flora A. Kijowski, who is the daughter of Matthew and Nellie Kijowski, and to this union were born two sons, Walter and Charles, and two daughters, Dolores and Charlotte. He served as Commander of this Post for the year 1931 and also 1934.
As soon as he returned to Hammond he went to work for Reid-Murdock and was an assistant cooper there. Later he went to work for the Nowak Milling Corporation as assis- tant shipping clerk; later he was appointed to Assistant Superintendent and held this posi- tion until the company was dissolved. At the present time he is employed by the Chicago District Electric Generating Corporation as Supervisor. His present address is 1536 Hoff- man St., Hammond, Indiana.
FRANCIS P. DUGAN
Francis P. Dugan was born April 9, 1879, at Ottawa, Illinois. In his early childhood his parents moved to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and he received most of his education in the schools there.
He enlisted in the United States Army,
Francis P. Dugan
August 22, 1900, and served in the Philippine Insurrection of 1901-1902. He left San Francisco, California, April 15, 1901, and arrived in the Philippine Islands, May 13, 1901; he served in Company B, 11th Infantry and was discharged August 20, 1903.
About two weeks after he returned home, his mother passed away and about two years later his father passed away. Shortly after he returned home he went to work in the steel mills at Lebanon. He was the son of Hugh and Bridget Dugan. On October 13, 1913, he was married to Mrs. Tillie DeLore, who was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Burke of East Chicago, Indiana. To this union was born a daugher, who is Mrs. Mary Margaret Weiner, and she resides at the present time in Hammond. The present address of Mrs. Tillie Dugan is 4937 Pine street, Hammond, Ind.
CURTIS BUNDY
Curtis Bundy was born March 22, 1889, at Bluford, Illinois. He was the son of Jack and Sarah Bundy of Bluford, Illinois. He was mar- ried to Miss Nellie A. Buzard, the daughter of Mr. Walter and Nettie Buzard of Cash- mere, Washington. At the present time he is foreman of the lumber yard of the Northern Indiana Lumber and Coal Company, 114th and Lake avenue, Whiting, Indiana.
Comrade Bundy enlisted in the United States Army, March 26, 1911, at Jefferson
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Commander 1932-1933 - 1939-1940
Commander 1933-1934
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Curtis Bundy
Henry E. Eads
Barracks, Missouri, and on May 10, was as- signed to Company E, 10th U. S. Infantry stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. He served in the maneuvers of 1911 at Camp Wilson, Texas, and Leon Springs. On September 27, 1911, he sailed for the Panama Canal arriving in Colon, October 4, 1911. Was stationed at Camp E. S. Otis, Las Cadis, Canal Zone. Was discharged March 27, 1914.
While in service in the Panama Canal Zone he saw the Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific as it was rapidly being completed. Was present at the cremonies at Gamboa, Decem- ber 13, 1913, when the United States Engi- neers blew the great Gamboa Dyke, which connected the two oceans - witnessed the passing of the first ship through the Canal.
He was again called to the service May 29, 1918, and stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississ- ippi - sailed for France, September 10, 1918, with Company D, 150th U. S. Infantry. Dis- charged from Camp Grant, Illinois, April 26, 1919. His serial number was 1557970.
HENRY EARL EADS
Henry Earl Eads was born October 18, 1893, at Versailles, Indiana. He came from a large family and was reared on a farm until he was 17 years old. He graduated from the Versailles High Schol and shortly thereafter he went to work carrying mail from Versailles to Osgood, Indiana, in 1908. He drove a horse
drawn vehicle and made four round trips a day, in those days this type of truck was called a buckboard. Later the company by whom he was employed bought an auto mail and pas- senger truck, and this was the first truck to operate between these two towns.
When war was declared he enlisted in Chi- cago, May 26, 1917, and was sent to the United States Naval Air Base at Pensacola, Florida. After receiving five months of train- ing he sailed for France October 16, 1917, and there he received training in a motor and bombing school at Paris, France, and later was stationed at the United States Air Base at Dunkirk, France. From there he was sent to Zebrugge, Belgium, near Holland.
After the war was over he returned to the United States and lived in Indianapolis, In- diana, and later married Miss Edna Haugh. He was employed at the Lexington Motor Company as mechanic. He moved to Ham- mond in 1926 and received three years train- ing at the Hammond Technical High School as a machinist and electrical welder.
He is Past Senior and Junior Vice Com- mander, Past District Commander, Past Deputy Department Inspector, Past Post De- gree Team Captain, and Past Deputy Depart- ment Chief of Staff of the State of Indiana. He is a member of the Versailles Lodge No. 7, F. & A. M., the Chapter, Commandary, and Orak Shrine, all in Hammond. Commander Eads has been a very busy man fulfilling the various offices he has held for the past several years.
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EARL J. SNYDER
Commander 1935-1936
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Earl J. Snyder
Earl J. Snyder, 5746 Hohman avenue. Born at Madison, Indiana, May 5, 1893. Educated in the grammar and high school there. He en- listed October 3, 1917, at Madison, Indiana, and received his training at Camp. Taylor, Kentucky, located near Louisville, Kentucky. He served 18 months in France in the 101st. Supply Train 26th Division.
Comrade Snyder served in six different en- gagements, Chemins-des Dames (Defensive), Toul Sector (Defensive), Chateau Theirry (Offensive), St. Mihiel Rupt and Thryon Sector, Soissons Sector and Meuse Argonne (Offensive).
He was discharged on May 6, 1919, at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and in 1920 en- tered the Askins College of Embalming and was graduated in 1922, and has worked at this profession ever since.
He was married to Miss Luella Claus who was the daughter of Rev. Theodore and Anna Claus of Hammond. The Rev. Claus was the Pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical Church located at 215 Clinton street and Earl was the son of Jacob and Marie Snyder of Madison, Indiana.
He holds memberships in the Edward H. Larsen Post No. 802, American Legion Post No. 168, the Trinity English Lutheran Church, Hammond Safety Council, and is owner and manager of the Snyder Funeral Home.
HARRY D. GALIHER
Commander 1936-1937
Harry DeMoss Galiher served the first half of this term of office and Noah L. Berger served the latter half of the term.
Comrade Galiher was born February 5, 1889, at Richmond, Indiana. Paternal ances- tors served in the United States Army from 1788 to Sioux Campaign of 1891-1892.
Individual: Coast Artillery Corps 1906- 1909, 32nd Company, Fort Baker, Calif .; Special Units thereafter to 1912; Commis- sioned 1st Lieut. Signal Corps, Regular Army, September 22, 1917; Promoted to Captain, November 1, 1918; Served in France and continental Europe to April, 1919; Infantry Reserve Corps - Captain, 1924-1930; Vol-
Harry D. Galiher
unteered December 15, 1941; Examined by Medical Board, Fort Harrison, Indiana-Mili- tary Police, February 3, 1942; Disqualified viz: "Defective hearing, Nerve deafness - bilateral, progressive, Tuberculosis adult type, pulmonary, healed. Insufficient natural teeth."
Education: Public Schools, Richmond, In- diana; Bingham Military Institute, Mebane, North Carolina, and Arkansas Military Acad- emy, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Married - happily, to Ruth Elizabeth Kempson, November 11, 1941.
Hobby: Good literature, saddle horses and golf.
Motto: "Toujour Pret" Paternal family crest: Inverted Crescent with Serpent erect.
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NOAH L. BERGER
Commander 1937-1938-1939
Commander 1936-1937
Noah L. Berger
Noah L. Berger was born at Gilead, Indiana, in 1899 and was the son of William and Mary Jane Berger and was educated in the schools of Gilead.
He entered the service of the United States Army April 17, 1917, and went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, then to Camp Mills, then to Quebec, Canada, and sailed from this point to London, England, then South Hampton, then crossing the Channel to Le Havre, France. He was in Company H, 116th In- fantry in the 29th Division.
After the war was over he sailed for home, May 20, 1919, from St. Nazaire, France, and entered the United States at Newport News, Virginia, and received his discharge from the service at Chillicothe, Ohio.
His first employment after leaving the serv- ice was with the General Electric Company at Fort Wayne, Indiana. After three years of service with them he came to Hammond, Indiana, and joined the Postal service here and he is still in the Postal service in Hammond.
He was married to Miss Lucile Cutshall, who was the daughter of John and Clara Cut- shall of Wabash, Indiana, and to this union there was born a daughter, Mildred. At the present time he resides at 6925 Harrison street, Hammond, Indiana.
JAMES J. DUGAN
James J. Dugan was born April 19, 1902, in Waverly, Tennessee. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dugan and was educated in
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James J. Dugan
the schools of Waverly, Tenn. He left school in April of 1917, to enlist in the Army. Being only 17 years of age, he had quite a bit of trouble in getting in. He was finally accepted in the United States Cavalry on May 12, 1917, and was sent to Fort Ethan, at Allen, Ver- mont, and there was assigned to the 19th U. S. Cavalry. This regiment was later transferred to the 77th Field Artillery.
He received training at Camp Shelby and also at Camp Green, in North Carolina, and there he was assigned to the regular 4th Army Division, and from there he went to Camp Merritt, the Embarkation Camp for over-seas troops. They boarded the H. M. S. Horatio and landed in Liverpool, England, then to Winchester, South Hampton, Le Havre, France, Bordeaux, and then into the front lines in the second battle of the Marne, Veil Sector, St. Mihiel, Belleau Woods, where he served continuously until the Armistice was signed.
After the signing of the Armistice he made the hike into Germany as a unit of the 3rd Army of Occupation, where he served in several towns in and around Coblenz. He sailed for the United States in August, 1919, and was discharged in Atlanta, Georgia. He re-entered High School for one year after returning home and then enlisted in the Marines.
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JOHN W. BLUME
Commander 1939-1940
John W. Blume was born April 17, 1892, at McKittrick, Missouri. He was the son of William and Minnie F. Blume. When he was five years of age they moved to Hermann, Missouri, where they lived for a few months. In 1903 his father bought a farm about seven miles south of Fayette, Missouri, about three years later he sold that farm and purchased another adjoining the south city limits of New Franklin, Missouri. He received most of his education in the school there.
John W. Blume
He was inducted into the United States Army at Fayette, Missouri, and entered Camp Pike at Little Rock, Arkansas, for training. After three weeks training there, was trans- ferred to Camp Merritt, New Jersey. A few days were spent in Camp Merritt and he boarded the English cattle boat, Cedric, and headed for Liverpool, England. It took thir- teen days to make this crossing. Several days were spent at Camp Knotty Ash, at Liverpool, and then transferred to South Hampton, from which point they crossed the English Channel and landed at Cherebourg, France.
Ninety-one days after leaving his home he was in the front line trenches on the St. Mihiel front, with the Rainbow Division, or also known as the 42nd Division, composed of National Guard units from all over the United States. The 165th Regiment was known as the New York regiment; the 166th, Ohio; 167th, Alabama; and the 168th as the Iowa regi-
ment; Blume was in Company B, 166th regi- ment.
On October 14, when his division made the drive in the Argonne Forest, he received mus- tard gas burns, and the last night that he was with his outfit he was called on to go on patrol in no-man's-land to capture Germans that were to be turned over to the intelligence department for information. After a heavy bombardment of artillery and gas barrage they returned to their dug-out and the following morning he was sent to Base Hospital No. 48, near Mars, France, spending about three months there and was there when the Armis- tice was signed.
He sailed from Brest, France, March 26, 1919, and landed at Hoboken, New Jersey, April 2, and was sent to Camp Upton on Long Island, from there to Camp Taylor at Louis- ville, Kentucky, where he was discharged May 5, 1919.
His first employment was as a salesman with the American Tobacco Company with head- quarters at Sedalia, Missouri, serving about seven months with them. Then he went to work for the United States Tire Company, working out of the St. Louis branch, traveling a central Missouri territory. After six years of service he went with the Goodrich Tire Com- pany, working out of the St. Louis branch and making the same central Missouri territory, and served about six years with them. He then went into the tire business with his brother- in-law, L. H. Biermann, at Moberly, Missouri, operating branch stores at Macon and Sedalia, Missouri. In 1934 he went to work for the Brown & Bigelow Company, traveling a southern Illinois territory, and in 1935 he came to Hammond, Indiana, and opened the store for the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company at the corner of Hohman and Ogden street, of which he was manager for more than a year. While manager of this store he met his present wife, who was then Mrs. Ola M. Emmerling, and they were married December 19, 1936, and since that time he has been con- nected with the Emmerling Funeral Chapel.
He is a member of the F. & A. M., Howard Lodge No. 4, at New Franklin, Missouri, Chapter and Commandary at Fayette, Mis- souri, and Shrine at Hammond, Indiana. He
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has been Editor of the Orak-El, a monthly publication of Orak Temple, President of the Shrine Luncheon Club, which meets every Friday at noon for lunch. He is a member of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Eagles, the Indiana Funeral Directors' Association. He is a Past Junior and Senior Vice Commander, Past Chaplain of the Larsen Post, and was ap- pointed by Mayor Bertram G. Smith to serve on the Rationing Board for the duration of World War No. two. He was also a member of the degree team of the Larsen Post which carried away so many honors in every contest they have entered to date. His serial number in the World War was 3266208 and his Social Security number is 307-01-2754.
WALTER KLAMM
Commander 1940-1941
Walter Klamm was born in Pinsk, Poland, April 18, 1897, and came to Hammond, In- diana, in 1912. He received his education in the schools in Russia and in the Hammond high school.
He enlisted in the United States Marines May 2, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois, and was sent to Camp Paris, Island, South Carolina. He was stationed there about three months and was sent to Haiti with the 19th Company of Ma- rines. After arriving there he was transferred to the 16th Company. After war was declared he was sent back to the United States and landed at Philadelphia Navy Yards. He sailed for France June 14, 1917, this being the first troop transport that sailed for France, and they landed at St. Nazaire for further train- ing.
He went into the lines on the Verdun Sec- tor, February 18, 1918, and was attached to the 33rd French Division. He served in France from June 14, 1917, to August 6, 1919.
He served on the Toulon Sector from March 17, to May 13, 1918; Aisne defensive
May 31 to June 5; Chateau Thierry Sector (Belleau Woods) June 6 to July 9; Aisne Marne offensive July 18 to 19 and was dis- charged at Camp Quantico, Virginia, May 11, 1920.
Walter Klamm
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He was awarded a Croix de Guerre for extraordinary heroism in the presence of the enemy in the Toulon Sector, April 20, 1918. He was wounded on this date, and was wounded again on July 19, 1918, on the Aisne Marne Sector. He served as a Corporal from April 26, 1918, until he was discharged in the United States.
After he was discharged he returned to Hammond and took up his regular work as a cabinet maker at the Straube Piano Company. At the present time he is working for the Landack Mill Work Company, 4426 Calumet avenue, Hammond, Indiana.
He was the son of John and Julia Klamm of Pinsk, Poland, and he was married to Miss Pauline Hanus of Hammond, and she was the daughter of Steve and Caroline Hanus. To this union there were born two daughters, Adline and Bernice, and one son, Walter, Jr. His wife, Pauline Klamm, passed away on October 11, 1933. Mrs. Klamm was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary. He was mar- ried again to Mrs. Sue Cloutier on October 23, 1937, and she was the daughter of Martin and Anna Mazurek of Hammond, Indiana. His social security number was 306-10-6606. He did not have a serial number while in serv- ice with the Marines.
Commander Klamm was very active in all
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Veterans' affairs. He is a member of the Degree Team and has served the Post as Officer of the Day and Junior Vice-Commander, and also as Trustee. In the State Department he served as Sergeant at Arms and also as Aide De Camp.
WILLIAM F. BOYD
Commander 1941-1942
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William F. Boyd
William F. Boyd was born October 20, 1894, at Greencastle, Indiana. He was the son of Charles and Alice Welty Boyd. When he was four years old he moved with his parents to Indianapolis, Indiana, and was educated in the schools there.
He learned the decorating trade at an early age, which he still follows. On November 2, 1917, he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army at Fort Thomas, Ken- tucky; and received his training in the follow- ing camps: Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and Camp Merritt, New Jersey.
He sailed for Brest, France, September 4, 1918, and was stationed at Camp Hospital No. 11 at St. Nazaire, France. He was discharged
at Camp Sherman, Ohio, August 6, 1919. His serial number while in the Army was 1988650.
Shortly after his discharge he met Miss Tassie Cook in Memphis, Tenn. She was the daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Cook of Houston, Mississippi. They were married August 28, 1922, and to this union was born one son, William, Jr., and one daughter, Alice. They have lived in Hammond ever since they have been married.
Comrade Boyd was a faithful worker for the Veterans' cause, and made many friends while Commander of the Post. It was he who insisted that a history of the Post should be made up and that he wanted this program started under his administration. When he approached the present Historian on the mat- ter, they discussed the huge task of assembling this data, due to the fact that from 1930 to 1936 all records had been lost or destroyed in a fire when we were located on State street. After several days of deliberation, Comrade Blume accepted the task assigned to him.
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