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        <name>VPI Graduating Class</name>
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        <name>Rank</name>
        <description>What military rank did this individual hold?</description>
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        <description>What branch of the military did this individual serve in?</description>
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            <text>Reserve Officers</text>
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        <name>Unit</name>
        <description>What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on?</description>
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        <name>1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet</name>
        <description>Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page?</description>
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