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To Be an American

By Nicole Gonzalez
Typed official document or communication with most of the text struckthrough with a thick black line, and some red ink lines at the top and bottom. The following words are not struckthrough and have squares drawn around them: To Enlist in this demon staff of military anti-Navaho i State not close that qualifications to be an American This is a secret to the enemy, and a cure
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