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Guy Chipman Jr. stands near an Army Jeep and in front of an M-24 Chaffee tank. Chipman led his armored tank division from Munich to Salzburg during the latter stages of World War II.
Photo courtesy of Guy Chipman Jr.
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Chipman’s war effort targeted World War II By Keith E. Domke ■ Managing Editor
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uy Chipman Jr. said he really never was scared during the latter stages of World War II when he led his U.S. Army armored tank division from Munich to Salzburg knowing Nazis were in the vicinity. However, the now 100-yearold Boerne veteran said at times he was “apprehensive.” Chipman recalled like it was yesterday his role in helping the allies to victory during the second world war. He also was in active service during the Korean War. Chipman had just been made the head of his light tank division after its previous commander had been shot and killed. “I figured I better make a good impression,” he said. “So, I put myself in the lead tank. I was never afraid, but I’ll admit I was apprehensive while we were going down the highway. The road made sharp turns into a forest and anyone could have been in there. We had to keep moving, and we made it through.” The light tanks were M-24 Chaffees and were considered to be mechanically reliable and fairly fast and maneuverable. They often paved the way for heavier units to follow.
Images courtesy of Guy Chipman
Above are the front and back of a postcard Guy Chipman Jr. sent his father from Germany. The 90-mile trip to Salzburg took six days. “We never met any real resistance, but you never knew,” Chipman said. “You never knew if you were going to meet any Nazis.” Chipman did say he had to order tanks in his unit to be fired. “It was war. We had to do what we had to do,” he said. Shortly after his division arrived, the first armistice was signed. “The Germans officially gave up,” he said. “We celebrated with schnapps.” The schnapps came from a German farmer who was found by Chipman’s unit. Before the Salzburg trip and before Chipman became a first lieutenant, he helped run communications for the
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Guy Chipman Jr. looks at a German knife he brought back with him after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.
tank battalion as it made its way through Munich. His official title was combat liaison officer. “My job was to go back and forth between headquarters with plans and what was needed,” he said. “I was a special line of communication.” During that assignment, he said 30 men in his unit were killed and another 79 wounded. “We met it all,” he said of that assignment. “The highway we were on had Nazis on both sides. We worked our way through there. It took us two days to clear the way.” In fact, Chipman said that while he was on one of his communications runs, he got cut off by some German troops. “I had to stay back,” he said. It was then he heard some of the casualty reports from his unit. His company, Dog Company, 20th Tank Battalion, 20th Armor Division, M-24 Tanks, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation dated Oct. 3, 1945, which states: “These units, which constituted Task Force 20, are cited for outstanding performance of duty in action during the period 28–30 April 1945, in the vicinity of Neuherberg, Germany. “With soldierly courage and irrepressible determination members of Task Force 20 pushed an armored spearhead
45 miles beyond the Danube River to the outskirts of Munich, destroying a supply train, capturing almost 800 prisoners, and securing four bridges over the Amper River intact. “Continuing the attack on 29–30 April against an enemy entrenched in elaborately prepared dugouts and behind the thick walls of the SS Training Center and an Anti-tank School which were defended by small arms, machine guns, hundreds of panzerfausts and twelve 88 mm guns, our troops killed 700 SS Troops, who fought stubbornly and fanatically. This victory destroyed the defenses of Munich, Germany, removing resistance to the entry of troops into the City.” Chipman said some of his most vivid memories of World War II was hearing the casualty reports. “I remember being in the combat command headquarters,” he said. “There was combat happening all around us. We’d hear radio reports where we were moving to and from, and we’d hear where the casualties were. Everything was put up on a big map so we could see the movement. “But when those casualty reports came in …” Chipman ended his World War II duties as a captain. He said his division was the first to be sent back to the
United States after Germany surrendered. “We landed on a very memorable day,” he said of returning by ship to New York. After hitting U.S. soil troops were sent to Fort Dix in New Jersey. “The ships came into New York Harbor,” he said. “And then we were put on ferries to get to land. On the ferries, there were extra editions to newspapers reporting this terrific bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. “We landed the same day the atom bomb was dropped.” That was Aug. 6, 1945. Chipman received 30 days of rest and relaxation before he was sent to California. He said the original plan was for him to be sent to the Pacific. “But, then the war was over so we didn’t have to go,” he said. “Ours was the first unit that was not sent.” He later found out that his unit, the 20th Armored Division, was scheduled to be part of the initial landing on the Island of Japan as part of Operation Downfall. The operation was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands. It was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “That was it. The war had ended, and it ended quickly,” Chipman said. He left the Army on Dec. 5,
1945. Soon after, he called his dad, a career military man, for advice. “He said I should see what civilian life was like,” Chipman said. “So, I did.” He arrived in San Antonio, where his parents had retired, and started a real estate business. Still in the reserves, his military career wasn’t over. “The Army didn’t have a tank unit in the reserves,” he said. “So, I volunteered to transfer to the Corps of Engineers just in time to get called up for the Korean War.” Also being a real estate agent, Chipman said the Army needed a real estate officer to be stationed in Verdon, France, where he worked the eastern third of the country for the U.S. Army. He said his duties were to negotiate, when necessary, for additional space for the Army to operate. “I’d negotiate with the French to help us get it,” he said. After 21 months, Chipman was discharged in April 1952. “I got out of the Army. I got out of the reserves,” he said, adding that he had 11 years of total service credits in the military. And he returned to San Antonio to continue his business – Guy Chipman Real Estate. He opened a Boerne office in 1970, retired in 1996 and moved to Boerne in 2003. Prior to his active service, Chipman received a reserve commission in 1939 and trained as a horse cavalryman, learning to shoot from the saddle at full gallop. “There was a lot of riding and a lot of hot sun,” he said. “And the one rule was you never shoot your horse.” Chipman was an Army brat who was born in Columbus, Ga., on Aug. 22, 1919. His father, a West Point graduate, was an infantry school instructor and a cavalry officer. Before he turned 1 year old,
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Ve t e r a n s Harry (Bud) Truman Holzman Jr.
U.S. Marines 1966, U.S. Army 1967-2008, 19671995 U.S. Army helicopter pilot, 1996-2008 U.S. Army counterintelligence agent, 1970-1995 Texas National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves 273rd Medical Company, helicopter pilot., 1996-2008 Fort Sam Houston. counterintelligence agent, Iraq 2004 MNF-I counterintelligence agent, all over Iraq Deployments: Vietnam 1969-70, Bien Hoa-190th Assault Helicopter Company, helicopter pilot; July 1969, President Nixon’s combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Honors/medals: Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart (2), Bronze Star (2), Combat Air
David Colton
Medal (40), Army Accommodation Medal (3), Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, many other U.S., Vietnamese and Iraq medals, Army Master Aviator Wings, Combat Action Badge-Iraq Knowlton Award.
U.S. Air Force Master Navigator 556th Troop Carrier 1952-1972 Deployments: Multiple reconnaissance missions against North Korea and Vietnam. Stationed overseas at Ashiya, Japan, Tachikawa, Japan and Yokota, Japan. Special operations mission from Kelly, AFB, San Antonio. Honors/Medals: Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Medal (3), Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Medal (2), American Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer
Nolan A. Wright
Service Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (2), Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Combat Action Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal.
U.S. Army 21 years of service Deployments: Afghanistan, 2007-08, Operation Enduring Freedom; Kosovo, 2005-06, Operation Joint Guardian. Honors/Medals: Expert Field Medical Badge, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Campaign Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M and 10-year device, Non-Commissioned
Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with 3 numeral, Air Assault Badge, NATO Medal with Bronze Star, Texas Combat Service Ribbon, Texas Federal Service Medal.
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Greg Roberts
U.S. Air Force 26 years, retired 2019 Pilot training at Reese AFB in Lubbock. Air Force Combat Search and Rescue helicopter pilot in the HH-60G Pavehawk. Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 33rd Rescue Squadron; Moody, AFB in Valdosta, Georgia and deployed to Bosnia, Mozambique, Turkey and Afghanistan after 9/11; commander of the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron flying the Russian-built Mi-17 Hip helicopter in Afghanistan; Joint Base San Antonio; U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida; commander of the 1st Expeditionary Res-
Cole Adams
cue Group in Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Directly involved with saving or medically evacuating 2,139 civilians and military personnel.
U.S. Coast Guard Currently serving as a commissioned officer on active duty . Deployments: USCG Steadfast Fast Response Cutter doing counter-narcotics interdictions in Eastern Pacific off coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America as the head of the Deck Watch section. Honors/Medals: Joint Service Medal, Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbon, Commandants Letter of Commendation Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Coast Guard
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Thomas A. Grant
Special Operations Service Ribbon, and Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon.
U.S. Army 1st Infantry, 361st Aviation Company 1964-86 Honors/Medals: Distinguished Flying Cross (2), Bronze Star for Valor (2), Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (16), Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnamese Honor Medal, Vietnamese Gallantry Medal, Vietnamese Technical Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign
Medal, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Charles “Chuck” Brower
U.S. Navy Chief Aviation Electronics Technician/Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist/ Master Training Specialist. Units: NTC Great Lakes, NATTC Lakehurst, N.J., USS Nimitz CVN-68, NATC Patuxent River, Md., NATTC Millington, Tenn., VAQ-129, VAQ-133 (2 tours), VAQ-139, NAMTGD 1001 (2 tours), NAS Whidbey Island. Six overseas tours onboard USS Nimitz CVN-68 (3), USS Enterprise CVN-65 (2), USS Forestall CV-59 Desert Storm (1). 1974-1996 Honors/Medals: Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (3 awards) Good Conduct Medal (4 awards), Meritorious Unit Commendation
Lee C. Jan
(4 awards), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4 awards), Navy Expeditionary Medal, Battle “E” Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), Southwest Asia Service Medal (2 awards), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Numerous Flag Letters of Commendation.
John Peterson
U.S. Navy 24 years of service Deployment: Vietnam Honors/Medals: Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Award, Navy Commendation Medal, Vietnamese Combat Action Ribbon with Bronze Palm, Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Silver Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnamese Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Vietnamese
Michael J. Tevington
U.S. Army Army Combat Medic 1st Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment (Mech) 2001-05; Texas Army National Guard 2005-09 Deployments: Twice to Iraq Honors/Medals: Army Commendation Medal with Valor, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Service Ribbon.
Chris W. Hyvonen
Fred D. Valentino
U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division 1941-46 Deployment: World War II European Theater Honors/Medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star
U.S. Navy Submarine Service Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine USS Flasher 1970-1974 Deployments: Multiple Special Operations and Special Intelligence Missions, Pacific Theater Honors/Medals: Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Vietnam Service Medal (2 stars), National Defense Service Medal
Don Harris
Civic Action Ribbon with Bronze Palm.
Michael Lane Holt
U.S. Army 385th MP BN/603 AVN BTN 2004 -13 OEF 2006-2008. Honors/Medals: Army Conduct (2), National Defense Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism medal, Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Army commendation for exemplary service (2), NTC Soldier of the cycle award for going above & beyond in his MOS to
USAFR, BSC Served in the Veterinary Corp., which later became Military Public Health. 30 years of service. Deployments: Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Honors/Medals: Air Force Training Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, AF Commendation Medal, AF Outstanding Unit Award, AF Longevity SVC Award ribbon (2 dev), Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Meritorious Service Medal.
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U.S. Army Military Police, retired 1985-2015 Deployments: Afghanistan twice. Last deployment was in 2013 as a deputy commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Retired as a member of the staff and faculty of the U.S. Army War College. Honors/Medals: Bronze Star Medal and Legion of Merit.
Stephen Adams
U.S. Navy 1967-71 U.S. Air Force 1975-91 Deployment: USS Coral Sea, Vietnam
William Lane Holt Jr.
U.S. Air Force/ANG 159th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1985-92 Honors/Medals: AF Training Ribbon, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Award, AF Longevity Service Award, National Defense Service Medal, Air Reserve Forces Meritorious with 1 OLC, AF Outstanding Unit Award achieve mission completion.
William Lane Holt
U.S. Army Reserves INF H/H Co. 397th Regiment 4th U.S. Army 1960-68 Deployments: Reserve unit mobilized for Berlin Wall crisis, 1961-62. Honors/Medals: Marksman (M-14 Rifle).
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Herman W. Floyd
Robert Lawrence Elleson
U.S. Air Force 631st USAF Hospital Unit 1961-65
U.S. Navy USS Fechteler DD-870 1965-68 Deployment: Vietnam Honors/Medals: National Defense Medal, Vietnam Medal.
Larry Verley
Jesus (Jesse) Gonzales
U.S. Air Force 1962-83 Honors/Medals: Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, National Defense Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon.
U.S. Army 9th Infantry Deployment: Vietnam Honors/Medals: National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart.
R.W. Staley
U.S. Marine Corps 1950-54 Deployment: Korea
Robert Grier
U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter pilot 1969-73 Deployment: Vietnam. Honors/Medals: Bronze Star (2), 29 Air Medals, Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Army Aviator Badge.
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Michael V. Pearson
U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force 20 years Deployments: Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, England. Honors/Medals: Outstanding Unit, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Vietnam Campaign, AF Longevity, NCO Academy
Kevin E. Chambers Sr.
U.S. Army, 16th Engineers Served 14 years Deployment: Operation Desert Storm. Honors/Medals: Good Conduct Medal, Sharpshooter, EOD, Kuwait Liberation, SWA.
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Charles Cecchini
U.S. Army, Army National Guard 3rd Armored Division, 2nd 16th Field Artillery 1980-89, 1989-2009 Deployment: Foulda Gap Honors/Medals: Meritorious Service Award, Legion of Merit, various other awards and honors. Commander of American Legion Post 313
Steven Hartman
U.S. Navy VAW-110, VAW-116, VAW-120, VAW-77, Trawing Four 1989-98 (active); 1999-2017 (reserve) USS Ranger (1992-93); USS Constellation (1994-95) Honors/Medals: Commanding Officer, VAW-77; Reserve Wing Commander, Trawing Four; Meritorious Service Medal (2) and several others.
Jim Holzier
U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines 1966-69 Deployment: Vietnam Honors/Medals: Bronze Star with Combat V (Valor), various unit citations and awards.
Charles Berry
S1/c, USNR Fleet cargo, south Pacific; naval base, Astoria, Oregon. 1945-46
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FROM PAGE 2B the family moved to Kansas, where his dad was stationed first at Fort Riley and then Fort Leavenworth. Chipman started elementary school at Leavenworth. His father again was transferred, this time to the War Department in Washington, D.C., and transferred again to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A return trip to the nation’s capital followed, where Chipman was schooled from eighth to 11th grade. His dad then moved the family to Fort Knox, Kentucky, where Chipman graduated from high school in 1936. “We had four seniors in high school, and we all were boys,” he said. “And all four of us were on the basketball team and all of our last names began with ‘C’” Following his graduation, Chipman went to the University of Kentucky, where he said he “majored in basketball” with legendary Coach Adolf Rupp at the helm. He
was among the last players to get cut from the team that year. He spent only a year there before his dad was transferred back to Rhode Island. Chipman attended Brown University for a year, then went with his dad to Chicago. There, he enrolled and graduated from Northwestern University in 1941 with a bachelor of science degree in political science. While at Northwestern, he joined the Illinois National Guard and was part of the Black Horse Troop of the 106th Cavalry. “All the horses were black,” he said. “We marched in parades and things like that.” In 1941, he received a reserve commission in the Citizens Military Training Camp. He also was a prelaw student with acceptances from Northwestern, Harvard and Yale. “Dad said before I go to law school, I needed to know about any military callups,”
Chipman said. “He recommended a year of active duty.” Chipman returned to Fort Knox and requested an armored unit. “The Army grabbed me,” he said. “Thirty days after my college graduation, I was on active duty at Fort Knox.” After his three-month extended training, Chipman was visiting a girlfriend in Chicago. “Pearl Harbor happened,” he said. “That changed everything. It no longer was one year of active duty. It was as long as you’re needed active duty.” He immediately returned to Fort Knox. “We knew we had to get ready,” he said. He went to Fort Campbell in Kentucky and in the summer of 1944 began serious training for overseas duty. In January 1945, the unit went to Europe. It was from there his unit was sent to Munich. “We hit hell,” he said.
Photo courtesy of Guy Chipman Jr.
Guy Chipman Jr. and members of his family stand in front of the memorial at Veterans Park in Boerne.
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Wendell Edgin
U.S. Air Force 1991-2001 Staff surgeon, Operation Desert Storm. Honors/Medals: Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal with one device.
Kirby Culak
U.S. Army, 4th Infantry 1968-72 Deployment: Vietnam
Marcus Dan Williams Jr.
U.S. Army Field Artillery, Field Artillery Training Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Honors/Medals: Army Commendation Medal, 1966.
Floyd Dickerson
Matt Stackhouse
U.S. Air Force 1972-81 Honors/Medals: Air Force Commendation Medal
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U.S. Navy Airborne Early Warning Squadron, Pax River, Maryland. Also stationed in Washington, Hawaii, California, Philippines and Corpus Christi. 1955-77 Deployment: Argentina Newfound, flying the North Atlantic Barrier from the coast of Newfound to the Azores.
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‘The Veterans Play Project’ returns Allen Rudolph is directing an encore production of “The Veterans Play Project,” which is being co-produced by the Angels All Around You military ministry. “The Veterans Play Project” is a unique opportunity to take a close look at some of the obstacles military personnel face when returning to civilian
life,” information on the Boerne Community Theatre’s website states. It is an evolving script first created by Wonderlust Productions and more than 100 veterans U.S. military service veterans. The stories are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant. There is some salty language – hence a PG-17 rating and a recommendation
for mature audiences only. “With a cast of 18 to 20 people, this is a great chance for actors to show their support for our men and women in the service,” the website reads. The Boerne Community Theater originally produced this work in March 2016, and much of the same cast is included in the encore
performances. Many are veterans, including: Dustin Lucas, four years U.S. Navy and 16 years National Guard; Terrie MacLaren, 13 years U.S. Army; Tim Stoner, 20 years U.S. Marines; Ted Gibbs, four years U.S. Navy, 21 Years U.S. Air Force; Martin Vidal, 20 years U.S. Air Force; David Clingan, nine 9 years U.S. Army;
Harry Shaw, U.S. Army; and Chuck Brower, 20 years U.S. Navy. Tickets are on sale and may be purchased by calling the BCT box office at 830-249-9166 or going online to its website, www.boernetheatre.org. The show is BCT’s Theatre On the Edge offering and runs for two weekends from Nov. 8-16.
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George H. Lewis
U.S. Air Force 1952-1981 Airborne Radio Operator on a USAF cargo plane. Flew mostly in the far east during the Korean War hauling troops and supplies into Korea. Commissioned into the reserves and recalled just before the Vietnam War. Stationed in Japan, Vietnam, Germany and in the Air Force
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U.S. Army 24th Infantry, 36th Infantry, 8th Infantry, 90th Armored Division, 2nd Armored 217 Evac Hospital, 117th Combat Support. 1960-91 Deployments: Germany, Spain, Denmark, Bolivia, Guatemala, Iraq.
Joe Jiminez
U.S. Marine Corps Combat Infantry, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marines Division. 1962-66 Deployment: Vietnam. Security Service. Honors/Medals: Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Bronze
Wayne Meckel
U.S. Navy 1959-63 U.S. Coast Guard
1964-87 Honors/Medals: Six Good Conduct Medals, two Good Conduct Meritorious Unit Medals, Commendation with Gold Star, Good Conduct Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Unit Commendation, National Defense Ribbon, Humanitarian Service Medal.
Daniel Gabriel
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion 1961-65 Deployments: Japan, Philippines, Thailand.
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