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The second paragraph appears to be lifted in its entirety (with adding "US" before "Navy" being the only difference) from the Handbook of Texas Online. Or maybe they copied this article wholesale. Either way, something seems to be not quite right here. 66.245.84.235 05:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]