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Book Title: Fort Benning
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Kenneth H. Thomas Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Military / United States, Military / Pictorial, Military
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
