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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart was instituted in 1782 by George Washington and is the first American decoration. Originally it was awarded for bravery in action, currently it is awarded to those wounded or killed in action, in the latter case posthumously.
An Oak Leaf Cluster is added when a previously wounded person already has a Purple Heart.
The decoration is a purple, heart-shaped badge with bronze edges. It depicts in relief a bust of George Washington wearing the uniform of a general in the Continental Army.
On the reverse side is the inscription: "For Military Merit" with the recipient's name below.
It is estimated that for World War II 1,076,245 Purple Hearts were awarded.

Grid List
Haag, William D.† December 6th, 1944

Haas, Ralph* June 10th, 1913
† February 20th, 1945

Haberman, Roger Anthony* March 17th, 1916
† February 2nd, 2005

Haberstick, Jack Cook* 1921
† 2001

Hadden, Donald R.† November 22nd, 1944

Haddy, Frank "Speck"* October 15th, 1923
† July 2nd, 2004

Hadella, Charles A.† June 8th, 1944

Hadfield, Lynn W.† March 21st, 1945

Hadley, Hugh William* February 17th, 1901
† September 5th, 1942

Haggard, John O.* November 27th, 1921
† June 25th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 22 Grave: 11

Haines, Charles F.* December 17th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944

Hainline, Henry Lee* September 4th, 1920
† January 5th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 6 Grave: 1

Hajiro, Barney Fushimi* September 16th, 1916
† January 21st, 2011

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Hake, Otto J.* May 16th, 1919
† May 5th, 1942

Haldane, Andrew Allison "Ack-Ack"* August 22nd, 1917
† October 12th, 1944
Plot: 12 Grave: 5367

Halfpapp, Arthur Ernest (Jr.)* July 1st, 1921
† April 24th, 1945

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Hall, Charles E.* August 3rd, 1922
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: 12 Grave: 2851

Hall, Charles P.† April 9th, 1945

Hall, Charles Philip "Chink"* December 12th, 1886
† January 26th, 1953
Plot: PF Grave: 295

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Hall, George John* January 9th, 1921
† February 16th, 1946

Hall, George O.† September 28th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 14 Grave: 61

Hall, James Warren Jr.* January 9th, 1924
† June 10th, 1944

Hall, Lewis R.* March 2nd, 1895
† January 13th, 1943
Plot: C Row: 698 Grave: 4

Hall, William Edward* October 31st, 1915
† November 15th, 1996

Hall, William Elzy Jr.* January 20th, 1925
† January 5th, 1945
Plot: G Row: 16 Grave: 27

Hall, William L.† September 20th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 13 Grave: 27

Hallahan, John F.* November 12th, 1908
† November 16th, 1960

Hallman, Samuel Albert* 1923
† December 17th, 1944

Hallman, Sherwood Henry* October 29th, 1913
† September 14th, 1944

Hallock, Edward R.† March 3rd, 1944

Halyard, Archie* January 12th, 1916
† December 7th, 1944
Plot: 148 

Halyburton, William David, Jr.* August 2nd, 1924
† May 10th, 1945
Plot: O Grave: 274

Hamer, George W.† April 5th, 1945

Hamilton, Elbert F.† July 4th, 1944

Hamilton, Robert L., Sr.† March 31st, 1945

Hamilton, Stephen Howard "Ham"* August 3rd, 1920
† March 10th, 1944

Hamm, Andrew Britte† July 28th, 1945

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Hammerschmidt, Martin Marshall* 1924
† March 1st, 1945
Plot: J Row: 16 Grave: 9

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Hammond, James M., Jr.* 1920
† March 3rd, 1945
Plot: P Row: 20 Grave: 3

Hammond, Lowell K.† May 8th, 1942
Plot: B Row: 0 Grave: 954

Hammond, Wesley H.† April 9th, 1945

Hamner, Charles H.* 1919
† December 15th, 1943

Hamwey, Alfred J.† January 20th, 1945

Hancock, Asa T.† September 29th, 1944

Hancock, Morris W.* August 13th, 1921
† October 16th, 1942

Handy, John Phillip* May 12th, 1913
† August 12th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 14 Grave: 17

Hanes, Paul Andrew* August 8th, 1925
† September 15th, 1943

Hanida, Tomotsu* September 25th, 1919
† November 29th, 1943
Plot: 3 Grave: 406

Hank, William Edwin* September 25th, 1902
† November 14th, 1942

Hanley, Walter T.* 1920
† June 18th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 22 Grave: 46

Hanlon, Robert F.† July 30th, 1944

Hannon, James J.† February 21st, 1944
Row: D Grave: 12-14

Hansen, Dale Merlin* December 13th, 1922
† May 11th, 1945

Hansen, Henry Oliver "Hank"* December 14th, 1919
† March 1st, 1945
Plot: O Row: 0 Grave: 392

Hansen, James L. "Jim"* 1925
† February 4th, 2006

Hansen, Leslie H.* August 22nd, 1912
† September 28th, 1944
Plot: P Row: 1 Grave: 8

Hansford, Jay E.* May 28th, 1923
† June 6th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 22 Grave: 3

Hanson, Axel Christian* May 20th, 1902
† August 11th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 26 Grave: 31

Hanson, Oscar T., Jr.* December 16th, 1921
† December 5th, 2000

Hanson, Robert Murray* February 4th, 1920
† February 3rd, 1944

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Hanson, Robert Taylor* May 14th, 1916
† December 13th, 1941
Plot: B Grave: 380

Hanusovsky, Bartholomew J.† November 11th, 1944

Hardin, Garl Willard* April 16th, 1919
† March 30th, 1944

Harding, Warren G.* November 25th, 1942
† June 16th, 1944

Harlow, William L.* March 23rd, 1910
† April 3rd, 1945
Plot: G Row: 10 Grave: 6

Harm, Walter G.* May 17th, 1911
† April 16th, 1944

Harmon, Roy W.* 1915
† July 12th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 4 Grave: 37

Harms, Donald G.† September 23rd, 1944

Harper Jr., John Dott† October 24th, 1944

Harper, Edward C.† August 7th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 0 Grave: 964

Harr, Harry R.* February 22nd, 1921
† June 5th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 190 

Harrell, William George* June 26th, 1922
† August 9th, 1964
Plot: W Grave: 3247

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Harrelson, Walter W.† June 23rd, 1944
Plot: C Row: 28 Grave: 17

Harris, Billy J.† November 5th, 1943
Plot: B Row: 4 Grave: 29

Harris, Burton L.* April 30th, 1918
† September 30th, 1944

Harris, Daniel Fletcher* July 21st, 1901
† December 7th, 1941
Plot: O Grave: 3611

Harris, Fletcher W.* July 27th, 1923

Harris, Henry N.* October 4th, 1923
† April 19th, 1945
Plot: P Row: 4 Grave: 13

Harris, James Lindell* June 27th, 1916
† October 7th, 1944
Plot: 30 Row: Harris 

Harris, Terence C. "Salty"* 1920
† June 18th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 22 Grave: 16

Harris, Weldon Houston† May 18th, 1944

Harris, Wesley Dalton "Spike"* October 8th, 1916
† September 5th, 1962

Harris, William Frederick* March 6th, 1918
† December 7th, 1950

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Harrison, Bailey "Cowboy"† September 26th, 1944

Harrison, Philip A.* February 7th, 1914

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Harrow, Frank William* April 4th, 1919
† January 8th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 10 Grave: 22

Hart, James Frederick, Jr.* September 17th, 1915
† October 14th, 2011

Harte, Frank W.† April 22nd, 1944

Hartman, John Paul* August 15th, 1910
† February 3rd, 1944

Harvey, Charles H.† November 14th, 1944

Harvey, Raymond* March 1st, 1920
† November 18th, 1996

Harvey, Robert J.† November 21st, 1943

Hasemoto, Mikio* July 13th, 1916
† November 30th, 1943

Hashey, Lester A. "Les"* February 23rd, 1925
† December 11th, 2002

Haskin, John E.* August 21st, 1910
† May 6th, 1942

Haslam, Ralph Douglas* January 21st, 1921
† April 13th, 2002

Hassell, Cecil M.† April 19th, 1945

Hastings, Joe Ray* April 8th, 1925
† November 12th, 1945

Hatfield, Ellis H.* February 24th, 1919
† April 5th, 1945
Plot: J Row: 20 Grave: 8

Hathaway, Alevin A.† November 7th, 1945

Hathaway, John Harvey* April 3rd, 1901
† June 14th, 1942
Plot: 60 Grave: 8345

Hattrick, James R.* January 24th, 1921
† June 6th, 1944

Hauck, Herman Huebner* October 20th, 1914
† October 24th, 1944

Hauge, Louis James, Jr.* December 12th, 1924
† May 14th, 1945

Havey, Maurice C.* May 23rd, 1918
† May 6th, 1942

Hawk, John Druse "Bud"* May 30th, 1924
† November 4th, 2013

Hawkins, Jesse M.† June 6th, 1944

Hawkins, William Deane "The Hawk"* April 19th, 1914
† November 21st, 1943
Plot: B Row: 0 Grave: 646

Hawks, Lloyd Cortez* January 13th, 1911
† October 26th, 1953

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Hayashi, Joe J.* August 14th, 1920
† April 22nd, 1945

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Hayashida, Hideyuki* March 4th, 1919
† January 10th, 1944

Hayden, Paul E.† December 21st, 1944
Plot: C Row: 1 Grave: 47

Hayes, John Paul* June 19th, 1925
† February 28th, 2019

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Haygood, Boyd Cantrell* May 5th, 1918
† July 28th, 1942

Haynes, William "Tex"* May 6th, 1906
† December 31st, 1944

Hays, Roy Edgar "Gabby"* September 28th, 1919
† March 8th, 2012

Head, James Stanley* April 30th, 1916
† March 28th, 1988

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Healey, Malcolm O.† October 11th, 1943

Heck, Kenneth E.† August 17th, 1943
Plot: 84 Grave: 207-209

Hedrick, Clinton M.* May 1st, 1918
† March 28th, 1945

Heffron, Edward James "Babe"* May 16th, 1923
† December 1st, 2013

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Hegnes, James H.* September 23rd, 1924
† October 27th, 1944

Heidt, Robert L.* October 22nd, 1923
† September 4th, 1944

Heineman, William* December 16th, 1886
† March 11th, 1947

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Heintz, Warren G.† October 8th, 1943

Heinz, Albert L.† June 7th, 1944

Heiss, Gustave M. (Jr.)* April 25th, 1913
† September 4th, 1942

Helegda, James A.* March 8th, 1921
† September 20th, 1994

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Helton, Delbert A.* June 20th, 1922
† July 4th, 1944

Henderson, Gerald M.* May 15th, 1919
† June 6th, 1944

Henderson, Lofton R.* May 24th, 1903
† June 4th, 1942
Plot: 4 

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Henderson, Roy J.* March 19th, 1920
† February 14th, 1945

Hendrix, Vandy Gerome* September 5th, 1911
† May 15th, 1993

Henlin, Leonard R.* April 13th, 1911
† October 14th, 1943
Plot: B Row: 21 Grave: 26

Henry, Albert Leroy* July 31st, 1923
† November 5th, 1944

Henry, Robert T.* November 27th, 1923
† December 3rd, 1944

Henry, Roy L.* October 14th, 1917
† December 6th, 1944
Plot: 3 Grave: 2476E

Hensley, Lawrence N.† July 11th, 1944

Herbert, John R.† July 12th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 1 Grave: 4

Herchelroth, Sylvester V.* February 14th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944

Hergott, Joseph A.† August 27th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 1 Grave: 8

Herman, Jacob T., Jr.† September 19th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 4 Grave: 22

Hermann, Grover M., Jr.† January 25th, 1945
Plot: G Row: 11 Grave: 17

Hernandez, Frank R.† October 31st, 1998

Hernandez, William M.* 1896
† August 20th, 1944
Plot: N Row: 4 Grave: 18

Herold, Henry G† July 26th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 21 Grave: 24

Herrera, Silvestre Santana* July 17th, 1917
† November 26th, 2007

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Herrin, Mason H.* May 10th, 1922
† September 21st, 1944

Herring, Clifford Palmer* September 13th, 1912
† June 6th, 1944
Plot: G Grave: 8319C

Herron, William A.* August 19th, 1922
† March 24th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 19 Grave: 8

Hertel, Arthur E.* January 1st, 1922
† December 14th, 1944

Hervey, Harcourt* September 2nd, 1892
† 1970

Hester, Clarence R.* February 8th, 1916
† December 26th, 2000

Hetzel, Francis R.† February 17th, 1945

Hewlett, Robert Dewight* March 29th, 1919
† August 10th, 1997

Heyliger, Frederick Theodore "Moose"* June 23rd, 1916
† November 3rd, 2001

Hickman, James G.† May 13th, 1944

Higashi, Harold Tanoshi* May 1st, 1918
† November 4th, 1943

Higgins, Charles A., Jr.† March 24th, 1945

Hignight, Elul Earl* 1910
† 1975

Hihumi, Seshiki* April 15th, 1914
† December 7th, 1943

Hill, Benjamin Harvey* April 27th, 1920
† November 7th, 1992

Hill, Clyde V.* December 28th, 1924
† March 8th, 2011

Hill, Edwin Joseph* October 4th, 1894
† December 7th, 1941

Hill, Owen B. "O.B."* October 8th, 1921
† June 10th, 2002

Hill, Robert F.† December 17th, 1944

Hill, Robert H.† January 7th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 8 Grave: 43

Hill, Robert Winston* January 18th, 1926
† February 14th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 7 Grave: 24

Hillebrand, Leo Severin (Jr.)* September 29th, 1919
† February 20th, 1945
Plot: 11 Grave: 564 S H

Hillman, Charles T.† August 7th, 1944

Hillyard, Owen T.† July 19th, 1944

Hilsky, Robert Joseph* September 27th, 1916

Hinderscheit, Raymond J.* August 16th, 1915
† May 29th, 1943
Plot: BB Grave: 17

Hinson, Bryant L.† June 6th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 25 Grave: 32

Hinson, Odis J.* 1922
† October 24th, 1944

Hinton, Coleman† June 7th, 1942

Hirano, Robert R.* January 25th, 1920
† June 26th, 1944

Hiraoka, Satoru* April 16th, 1924
† June 26th, 1944

Hirsch, Oscar L.* January 8th, 1920
† December 4th, 1952

Hirshfield, James Albert* July 30th, 1902
† May 16th, 1993

Hisaoka, Gary Tsuruo* March 12th, 1917
† April 10th, 1944

Hitler, William Patrick "Willy"* March 12th, 1911
† July 14th, 1987

Hochreiter, Richard T.† August 13th, 1944

Hodder, John T.† December 23rd, 1944
Plot: J Row: 4 Grave: 19

Hoffer, John P., Jr.* November 24th, 1923
† July 27th, 1944
Plot: M Row: 0 Grave: 1322

Hoffer, William F.† March 1st, 1945

Hoffmann, Albert J.† April 25th, 1983

Hoffmann, Egon Felix* February 3rd, 1919
† October 19th, 1944
Plot: 31 Row: 98 Grave: 6

Hogaboom, William Frederick* September 1915
† December 14th, 1944

Hogan, Jack† August 17th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 5 Grave: 26

Hogan, William J.† May 21st, 1944
Plot: 82 Grave: 46B-46D

Hogland, Alvie M.* August 13th, 1918
† April 28th, 1944

Hogrefe, Sherman Marshall* January 13th, 1920
† January 4th, 1954
Plot: E Row: 148 Grave: SW3

Hohn, James S.* April 6th, 1921
† April 26th, 1945

Holcomb, Roy E.† December 1st, 1944
Plot: J Row: 40 Grave: 37

Holland, Russell T.* March 16th, 1912
† March 15th, 1945

Hollingsworth, John Christie* September 12th, 1909
† November 11th, 1944

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Holmes, Otho Eugene* January 1st, 1919
† September 29th, 1959
Plot: 7 Grave: 8327

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Holmes, Walter T. "Tom"* February 4th, 1919
† May 25th, 2009

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Holmquist, Willard, J.† July 15th, 1944
Plot: J Row: 4 Grave: 24

Holstein, Donald† April 8th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 16 Grave: 19

Holstein, Richard H.† March 10th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 5 Grave: 19

Holstun, James Drayto "Jeb"† June 6th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 21 Grave: 20

Holt, Arthur R.† April 4th, 1945

Holt, Lindell F.† April 12th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 19 Grave: 26

Holt, Wallace Morgan* May 24th, 1923
† September 5th, 1997

Holton, Gilmer H., Jr.† June 7th, 1942

Holton, John B.† June 9th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 28 Grave: 22

Holzer, Bernard P.* November 11th, 1920
† August 23rd, 1944

Hoobler, Donald B.* June 28th, 1922
† January 3rd, 1945

Hood, Clark A. Jr.† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Hoover, Floyd C.† June 13th, 1943

Hoover, J. Thomas † October 8th, 1943
Plot: C Row: 15 Grave: 1

Hope, Dean P.† August 17th, 1943
Plot: 84 Grave: 207-209

Hopkins, Bernard O.† October 24th, 1944

Hoppe, Harold F.* May 21st, 1914
† January 15th, 1990

Hopple, John Olin* July 14th, 1914
† February 18th, 1942

Horan, Joseph A., Sr.* February 24th, 1919
† July 28th, 2001

Horn, John K.† April 14th, 1945

Horne, Kelso C.* November 12th, 1912
† November 25th, 2000

Horne, Robert J.† April 22nd, 1945

Horne, Rufus E.* May 15th, 1920
† February 24th, 1995

Horton, Oliver Martin* December 9th, 1912
† October 5th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 1 Grave: 11

Hoskot, Nathaniel Ramsey* September 10th, 1911
† March 22nd, 2004
Plot: 66 Grave: 2928-A-1

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Houck, Julius A. "Rusty"* August 28th, 1921
† June 6th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 19 Grave: 17

Houlehan, Patrick P.* August 3rd, 1915
† June 13th, 1944
Plot: F Grave: 4

Houlihan, Joseph F.* December 11th, 1913
† December 11th, 1978

House, Sterling* March 27th, 1921
† October 21st, 1963

Houselog, Henry J.† January 15th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 18 Grave: 25

Hovermale, Price O.* March 5th, 1908
† November 28th, 1944

Hovey, James Francis* January 18th, 1921
† July 24th, 1944
Plot: B-1 Grave: 422-N

Howard, James B.† October 31st, 2010

Howard, Norman L.* 1925
† April 18th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 4 Grave: 30

Howard, Samuel Lutz* March 8th, 1891
† October 12th, 1960
Plot: 2 Grave: 3443-3

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Howe, Merle H.* April 11th, 1896
† August 30th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 5 Grave: 100

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Howe, Wesley F.† July 29th, 1943

Howie, Thomas Dry* 1908
† July 17th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 14 Grave: 12

Hoyer, Harry P.† May 10th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 36 Grave: 40

Hruby, Charles† July 7th, 1944

Hruska, Lambert J.† August 10th, 1943

Hubbard, Edward L.* December 8th, 1918
† June 15th, 2013

Hubbard, Henry Frank† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Hudson, Charlie T.† December 16th, 1944

Huff, Melvin L.† January 20th, 1945

Hughes, Lloyd Herbert, Jr. "Pete"* June 12th, 1921
† August 1st, 1943
Row: U Grave: 53

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Hughes, Marshall† January 3rd, 1945
Plot: D Row: 8 Grave: 50

Hughes, Ralph H.* October 23rd, 1918
† April 25th, 1945

Hughes, Samuel W.* June 23rd, 1925
† January 2nd, 1966

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Huisman, La Verne W.† August 23rd, 1946

Huisman, William S.† November 7th, 1945

Hull, Otis Eugene "Gene"† January 30th, 2000

Hull, Robert Lester Lee* December 14th, 1919
† January 4th, 1944

Hummel, Raymond J.† November 14th, 2001

Humphrey, Bernice F.* March 8th, 1910
† October 24th, 1944

Humpick, Freddy G.† March 27th, 1945

Hungerford, Kenneth V. "Mickey"† September 20th, 1944

Hunt, Joseph L.† December 16th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 8 Grave: 31

Hunt, William E.† August 2nd, 1944
Plot: B Row: 0 Grave: 35

Hunter, Marcelle W.* February 26th, 1915
† June 3rd, 1942
Plot: K Grave: 26

Hunter, Robert W.† November 29th, 1943

Hunter, Thaddeus W., Jr.* February 20th, 1920
† April 11th, 1944

Hurst, Edward Hunter* December 18th, 1916
† September 6th, 1997

Hurst, George Owen* December 5th, 1922
† October 8th, 2017

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Hutchins, Johnnie David* August 4th, 1922
† September 4th, 1943

Hutchison, Byron Harold "Bud"* May 22nd, 1921
† October 21st, 2010

Hutto, James C. "Buck"* January 31st, 1923
† December 6th, 1993

Hyman, Willford Milton* August 16th, 1901
† May 7th, 1942

Hynoski, Benjamin S.* May 1st, 1913
† March 2nd, 1945

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