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Arizona's War Town
Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II
by John S. Westerlund
ISBN: 0816522626
ISBN-13: 9780816522620
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 304
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