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PIECES OF OUR PAST - IN THE DAYS WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO THE BACK DOOR OF THE VA HOSPITAL, DUBLIN, GEORGIA CA. 1940S

Posted by Scott B. Thompson, Sr. August 02, 2022

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