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Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
Legend:
- † Christian
- # Killed in Action
- £ Served in other Branches
- ¥ Served in Aliyah Bet and Machal
- § Served in Other Units of Army
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Alexander, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | Infantry Medic/Rifleman |
| ¥ Bock, Philip | USA | New York | NY | |
| Feiner (Eden), Leon Aharon | USA | New York | NY | Scout/Platoon Commander |
| # § ¥ Lashner, Arye | USA | New York | NY | |
| Leith, Dr. Nathan | CAN | Port Rupert | B.C. | |
| ¥ Malkin, Aryeh [Ostrov] | USA | New York | NY | |
| Spiegelman, Simon | USA | New York | NY | Outpost Duty/Patrols |
| Stern, K. | USA | | | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Bobrow, Gerold | USA | | | |
| Hordes, Herbert | USA | Detroit | MI | Sniper |
| Kenny, Abraham | USA | | | |
| Klier, Shoshana | USA | | | |
| § ¥ Lieberman, Shmarya | USA | Bayonne | NJ | Infantry |
| Plen, Sarah | USA | Hartford | CT | Signal Officer |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Benatan, Nicki | USA | | | armored cars |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| § Abramson, Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Band, Maurice | USA | Claremont | NH | infantry |
| Bean, Bert | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Berger, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Beube, Sidney | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | infantry, officeworker |
| § ¥ Boxer, David | USA | Detroit | MI | artillery |
| Brown, Allan | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Cadloff, Syd | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § Cappell, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | heavy mortars |
| § Cohen, Sam | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Dankevy, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | machine gunner |
| Danovich, Moe | CAN | Montreal | Que. | bomb chucker |
| § Druker, Lionel | CAN | Sydney | N.S. | "Canadian platoon" Comndr |
| Fox, Leonard | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| £ Freedman, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Gerstl, Joe | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| ¥ Ginsberg, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Infantry |
| Glassman, Al | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Goldstep, Myer | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Good, Philip M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Truck Driver |
| £ Gross, Jerry Joseph | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Scout |
| § Halperin, Sidney | CAN | St. Catherine | Ont. | Signal Officer |
| Hambourg, Irving | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Harris, Eliahu | USA | Chicago | IL | Infantry |
| Kaplansky, Irving | CAN | Montreal | Que. | K20 despatch rider |
| § Katz, Percy | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Krivitsky, Harry | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Langsam, Norbert (Nachum) | USA | New York | NY | machine gunner |
| § Lashinsky, Arthur "Lash" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Lewis, Julius | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Lobe, Morris | CAN | Trail | B.C. | |
| £ ¥ O'Copnick, Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Prussick, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| £ Rabinovich, Sidney | USA | New York | NY | infantry/artillery loader |
| £ Rosenberg, Gerald S. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Infantry |
| § £ Siegel, Avrom V. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | gunner, convo |
| Sinclair, David | USA | | | |
| Slutsky, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| £ Spiegel, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| £ Sternberg, Arnold (Aaron) | USA | Boston | MA | Infantryman |
| § Tate, Daniel | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Twicken, Saul | USA | Boston | MA | infantry |
| § Wasser, Samuel "Sam" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § £ Wohl, David | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | MT Driver |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Whartman, Eliezer | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Machine Gunner |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Baa'lbeck, George A. | USA | | | |
| Bagelman, Harry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Bahar, Albert | USA | | | |
| Baskin, Saul | USA | | | |
| § Becker, Joseph | USA | Seattle | WA | |
| Belkin, Jack | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | |
| Brodsky, George | USA | | | |
| £ § Bulkin, Daniel | USA | | | |
| § Chapnick, Allan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Chetner, Sydney | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | |
| Cohen, Bosun | USA | | | |
| Cohen, Isadore "Issy" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| § Cohen, Walter "Tex" | USA | Lubbock | TX | |
| Cossman, Howard | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Daoudi, H. | USA | | | |
| Davids, Barnett | USA | | | |
| Dolinlsky, Morton | USA | | | |
| § Doneson, Jules | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| Dunkelman, Lt. Col. Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Commander? |
| § Dworkin, Alex "Pee-Wee" | CAN | | | |
| Eisen, Robert "Bob" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Eisner, Harry | USA | New York | NY | |
| Enslich, Jack | USA | | | |
| Epstein, Alex | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Eric, Fred | USA | | | |
| Fagen, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Fehrman, Dick | USA | | | |
| Feinberg, Alvin "Al" | USA | | | |
| Feuerman, Dick | USA | | | |
| Fine, Len | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Fischbein, Herbert | USA | Orange | NJ | |
| Forster, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § £ ¥ Frank, Yakov | USA | | | |
| Frankel, Harry | USA | | | |
| Freedman, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Freelander, Montague | USA | | | |
| Freeman, Solomon "Sol" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Friedrich, Michael | USA | | | |
| Frydenberg, Dave | USA | | | |
| § Gerstl, Joe | CAN | | | |
| Gertzbein, David | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Gold, Irving Mark | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | |
| Goldberg, Charles "Charlie" | USA | Hollywood | CA | |
| § Good, Philip M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Goodman, Neal | USA | Strouasburg | PA | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Alper, George (Yehoshua) | USA | Riverhead | NY | platoon leader? |
| Brooks, Burton | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| § Cappell, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Armored Cars |
| Cohen, Bob | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Cohen, Lou | USA | | | |
| § Cohen, Walter (Tex) | USA | Lubbock | TX | Armored Car-machine gunner |
| Cook, Jo | USA | | | |
| § Dankevy, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Armored Car-machine gunner |
| Dlin, Norman | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | Armored Car-driver |
| Epstein, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Fuss, Manuel | USA | New York | NY | Armored Car-crewman |
| Gold, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Goode, Ivan | USA | Chicago | IL | Halftrack-infantry |
| § Jacobson, Sydney M. | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Kantzer, Henry V. | USA | Berkeley | CA | Armored Car-driver |
| Ladell, Joshua | USA | Monsey | NY | Armored Car-driver |
| § Lechtman, Jaime (Chaim) | USA | Baton Rouge | LA | |
| § Levine, Abraham "Abe" | CAN | Whitby | Ont. | Armored Car-driver |
| ¥ Levine, Phillip | USA | New York | NY | |
| Levinson, Morton | USA | Boston | MA | Halftrack-infantry |
| Lowenstein, Ralph | USA | Danville | VA | Halftrack-driver |
| Miller, Stanley | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | Armored Cars |
| Perlman, Frank | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Armored Car-Commander |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Singer, Samuel | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Armored Cars |
| § Wasser, Samuel "Sam" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | COM-Drove Command Car |
| Weiner, Joseph | CAN | Montreal | Que. | COM-Cmndr |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Cohen, Gabriel | USA | New York | NY | 3" Mortar Crew, translator |
| § Druker, Lionel | CAN | Sydney | N.S. | Tanks |
| Feldman, Joe | USA | | | |
| Kopstein, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Rothblatt, Isaiah | USA | Madison | WI | Section Corporal in Mortar Batt. |
| Sures, Lawrence | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Tanks |
| § Swartz, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Tanks |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Bailer, George | USA | | | Anti-Tank Armored Cars |
| Balkin, Jerry (Gideon) | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Anti-Tank Acs, Halftrack crewman |
| § ¥ Blank, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Jeep Commandoes w/Heaps |
| Dorson-Slade, Jessie | USA | | OK | Anti-Tank Armored Cars |
| Heaps, Leo | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Commander, Jeeps |
| § Klapper, Robert E. | USA | Frederick | CO | |
| Lenett, Harold N. | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Driving Instructor |
| ¥ Miller, Bernard [Mills, Dov] | USA | | | |
| Pierce, Morris | CAN | Kingston | Ont. | Jeep Company |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Jeep Company |
| ¥ Rostoker, Ben | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Hativat HaNegev |
| Rubin, Mike | USA | | | Armored Cars |
| Twirsky, Al | USA | Pittsburg | PA | Jeep Company |
| § Wank, Alvin | USA | New York | NY | Jeep Company |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Abrams, Joe | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Abramson, Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Cohen, Harvey | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Halamish, Joseph | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Infantry |
| Kahane, Bernard | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Katz, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Lugech, Ed | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § £ Moster, Ralph | CAN | Vancouver | BC | |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Reiter, Wally | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Robinson, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Rubinoff, Sidney | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Rudin, Raymon | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | |
| Shanas, Leibel "Ed" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Steinberg (Halamish), Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Swartz, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Tanks |
| Ulian, Richard | USA | Worcester | MA | |
| Waldman, Leonard "Len" | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Infantry, mortars |
| £ Wosk, Saul | CAN | Vancouver | BC | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| # £ Ball, Louis "Lou" | USA | New York | NY | |
| Maltin, Manny | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Infantry |
| Meyers, Chaim | USA | Newark | NJ | |
| # ¥ Schiff, Reuben "Red" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Schutzberg, Arnold | USA | Cambridge | MA | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Benatan, Jack | USA | Asheville | NC | |
| Binder, Leonard | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Block, Irving | USA | Bridgeport | CT | |
| £ Borowsky [Porath], Zipporah | USA | New York | NY | Medic |
| Chertoff, Mordecai | USA | New York | NY | |
| Dean, Macabee | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| ¥ Dreifuss, Yochanan | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| Feinberg, Ira | USA | New York | NY | Machine Gunner |
| # Geberer, Moshe | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Kaplan, Jerome | USA | New York | NY | |
| £ Klausner, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Klein, Jacob | USA | New York | NY | |
| Kochavi, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Linsky, Baruch [Bernard] | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Livingston, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Math, Mandel | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Monash, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Perlstein, Moshe | USA | New York | NY | |
| Rimon, Pinchas | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| Rosenstien, Ben | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Seligman, Dov | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Sevin, Irving | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| ¥ Shapiro, Aaron (Alan) | USA | Jersey City | NJ | Comm & Radio |
| £ Shugar, Harold | USA | Tarboro | NC | |
| § # Shulman, Jack | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Solomon, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Wank, Alvin | USA | New York | NY | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Back, Nathan | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Medical labs |
| † Berger, Mary | USA | York | PA | Surgical Nurse |
| § Bulkin, Daniel | USA | | | |
| § ¥ Frank, Yakov | USA | | | |
| § Friedman, Esther Shawmut | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Nurse/Medic |
| Kantey, Naomi Levin | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| Kaplow (Leopold), Riena | USA | Waterbury | CT | Nurse |
| £ § Kare, Moshe "Morley" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Levine, Harold | USA | New York | NY | Mobile Dental Unit |
| Levine [Levin] [Gurney], Ruth | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | O.R. Nurse |
| Miller, Leo (Eliezer) | USA | Chicago | IL | Psychiatrist |
| Pelzig, Gloria | USA | New York | NY | Anesthesiologist |
| Petranker, Sober Marilyn | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| Rosenberg, Mildred | USA | New York | NY | Physical Therapist |
| Roth, Eddie M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Medic |
| Ziera, Frieda (Yocheved) | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| ¥ Blank, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Brodetsky, Moshe | USA | | | |
| Green, Harry | USA | Lexington | KY | Photographer/Intel |
| Horn, Jack | USA | New York | NY | Controlling Infiltrators |
| # ¥ Kahn, Joseph | USA | Los Angeles | CA | |
| Kraushar, Harold (Zvi) | USA | New York | NY | Machine Gunner |
| List, Julian | USA | | | |
| Rosoff, Isadore | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Rottenstien, Ben | USA | New York | NY | |
| Zimmerman, Nat | USA | | | |
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Appleman, Gabriel |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Berger, Sidney |
USA |
Baltimore |
MD |
Weapons Development |
| Brown, Max |
CAN |
Toronto |
Ont. |
Machine Gun production |
| Calman, Mike |
CAN |
Vancouver |
B.C. |
Scientific Corps |
| Goldstein, Asher |
USA |
New York |
NY |
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| Hanft, Herbert |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Engineer |
| Horowitz, Isaac M. |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Scientific Corps |
| Leiboff,Jascha(Yakov Lebov) |
USA |
Peekskill |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Mandel, Henry |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Ross, Bernard |
USA |
Schenectady |
NY |
Weapons Tester |
| Schneider, Theodore |
USA |
New York |
NY |
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| Weinzweig, Avrum Israel |
CAN |
Toronto |
Ont. |
Scientific Corps |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Levinson, Fred | USA | Boston | MA | Investigator |
| Rosen, Al | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
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| Anspach, Ralph | USA |
New York |
NY |
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| § Balkin, Jerry (Gideon) | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Halftrack Crewman |
| # Balkin, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | |
| § Becker, Joseph | USA | Washington | DC | Drove 4x4 w/ anti-tank gun |
| § Chapnick, Allan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Antitank Halftrack Commander |
| § Cook, Jo | USA | | | |
| Gorn, Lester |
USA |
San Francisc. |
CA |
Commander |
| Horne, Salk | CAN | | | |
| § Schwartz, Morris "Mo" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Segal, Hy | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Tugend, Thomas (Tom) | USA |
Berkeley |
CA | Infantry Squad Leader |
| Tunis, Joe | CAN | Vegreville | Alb. | |
| § Warner, Joseph | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Medic, Halftrack Driver |
| ¥ Weinstein, Manny | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Yolan, Bernard | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Braverman, Immanuel | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Artillery Officer |
| § Cohen, Sam | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Cooper, Morry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Goldberg, Arthur | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | |
| Goodman, Harvey | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § Jaffer, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Katz, Percy | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Lang, Pierce (Peter) | USA | | | |
| § Robinson, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| ¥ Sklar, Len | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Ellis, Alvin | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Paratrooper |
| Leeds, Robert | USA | Detroit | MI | |
| ¥ Marks, Bernard | USA | Chicago | IL | Paratrooper |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Finkel [Ben-Yosef], Ralph | USA | Baltimore | MD | |
| Friedman, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| Silverman, Julius | USA | New York | NY | Guard/ Kib work |
| Sokol, Schlomo (Seymour) | USA | Hachshara | NJ/NY | Kibbutz work |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| § Jaffer, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Marcus, David (Mickey) | USA | New York | NY | |
| ¥ Weiss, Charles | USA | | | Intelligence |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Unit | Duties |
|---|
| Alter, Henry | USA | | | | |
| Anspach, Ralph | USA | | | | |
| Arik, Fred | USA | | | | |
| # Balkin, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | 89th Batt. B Co. | Tanks |
| Baras, H. | USA | | | | |
| Ben Ami, Glory | USA | | | | |
| Bichachi, Israel | USA | | | Batt. 91, Hativa 9 | |
| £ Cohen, Gerald | USA | New York | NY | 7th Brigade | |
| Deedisl, Dov | USA | | | | |
| § Doneson, Jules | USA | Philadephia | PA | 71st Bat, also 72nd,5th | Infantry Company Commander |
| Ehrlich, Irving Sheldon | USA | St. Louis | MO | | |
| ¥ Fendell, David | USA | Boston | MA | | |
| Geberer, Harlow | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Gelmon, Alvin D. | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Jerusalem Brig, also 181st Mortar Batt | |
| Goodman, Henry Hank | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | | |
| Harris, Mattityahu | USA | | | | |
| Helmreith, Richards | USA | | | | |
| Hessel, Miriam | USA | New York | NY | | Social Service |
| Jaffe, Arthur | USA | Butler | PA | | Intelligence |
| ¥ £ Kite, Arnold | USA | Chicago | IL | | Infantry |
| Korn, Maney | USA | | | | |
| Landow, Joseph | USA | New York | NY | Matkal | Land & Labor-MFI |
| Marder [Mileikowsky], Alice | USA | Hartford | CT | | Signal officer |
| Margalit [Margolis], Joseph | USA | New York | NY | Gedid 163 | Company Commander |
| Meyers, Chaim | USA | Newark | NJ | Hayot Heneg | Armored Car Driver |
| Nachlieli [Teichman], Jack | USA | New York | NY | Engineers | engineer |
| ¥ Newman, Bennie | USA | Rochester | NY | | |
| Pressman, Julius | CAN | Ottawa | Ont. | 7th Brigade | |
| Rawicz, Fred | USA | New York | NY | Machal Office | Translator |
| Rosen, David | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Army | |
| Rothchild, Manfred | USA | | | | |
| Rubin, Mordechai | USA | | | | Intelligence |
| Schneider, Dr. Ralph | USA | | | Infantry, Galili | |
| Segal, Martin | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Spector, Israel | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Engineering Corps | |
| Steiner, William [Steines, Blieser] | USA | New York | NY | Repair Depot Shop | Rifle Repair |
| Urie, Elkanan | USA | | | | |
| ¥ Weingrod, Alvin | USA | Milkaukee | WI | | Supplies |
| Weinstein, David A. | USA | Rochester | NY | 101, 313rd signal corps | Infantry/radio |
| Weiss, Charles | USA | | | Headquarters | Courier |
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*If viewers of this Virtual Museum see errors or omissions that they can correct, such as misspelled names, missing names, or missing hometowns, editors of the Virtual Museum will appreciate being informed. For various reasons, including the great passage of time, it has been difficult to compile complete, accurate lists of veterans. Corrections and additions can be transmitted to israelvets-director@jou.ufl.edu
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