Delvin L. Gildersleeve
Service # 39732726
Entered Service From: California
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Unit: 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
Date of Death: 01 June 1945, Mindanao, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85
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Twin of Delbert Lester Gildersleeve.
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Calipatria, Imperial County, California (sheet 4A, family 80, Church St) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (3 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (10 April 1940): Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 10A, household 262, 3236 26th Street) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (13 California). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Delvin Leslie Gildersleeve (18, 28 June 1926, Turlock, California), a resident of 918 Forest Grove St., El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. W-184-B, Order No. T12204-B) on 01 July 1944 at Puente, Los Angeles County, California. He was employed by his dad, Lester Gildersleeve. Donald listed his father, Lester Gildersleeve, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 11" in height, 145 lbs., with a light complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
Delvin L Gildersleeve (1926 California), a resident of Los Angeles County, California, enlisted as a Private (S/N 39732726) in the U.S. Army on 24 November 1944 at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in "Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c."
Private Gildersleeve was assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division and sent to the Philippine Islands.
In April 1945 the 21st Infantry landed on the southern island of Mindanao and were part of the Davao Campaign.
A chronicler for the 24th Division wrote:
"The soldiers of the 24th Infantry, considered the post-Davao operations to be the hardest, bitterest and, most exhausting battle of the ten island campaigns. In addition to the tenacious defense put up by the Japanese, another punishing aspect of the subsequent combat was the proliferous fields of abaca. To the foot soldiers fighting in the Davao province, the word abaca was synonymous with hell...Countless acres around Davao are covered with these thick-stemmed plants, fifteen to twenty feet high; the plants grow as closely together as sugar cane, and their long, lush, green leaves are in a welter of green so dense that a strong man must fight with the whole weight of his body for each foot of progress...In the abaca fields, visibility was rarely more than ten feet. No breeze ever reached through the gloomy expanse of green, and more men—American and Japanese—fell prostrate from the overpowering heat than bullets. The common way for scouts to locate an enemy position in abaca fighting was to advance until they received machinegun fire at a range of three to five yards. For the next two months, in such an environment, the 24th Division fought the Japanese. While the infantry sought out the Japanese defenses, platoons and squads worked through the abaca and surrounding jungle to seek out enemy bunkers and spider holes."
01 May 1945 "found the regiment nearing Bago preparing to begin an offensive which was to last for fifty-one consecutive days…The terrain in this area was a continuous climb going north into the hinterland. There were numerous streams and deep ravines. The entire area was practically covered by abaca groves so thick, movement through them was almost impossible…For three years the Japanese had prepared and perfected the defense of this area…the Japanese built innumerable pillboxes and a very elaborate system of trenches, foxholes, and spider holes. Not only had them been camouflaged by the Japanese, but by natural growth as well. It was quite often impossible to detect these emplacements when only a few feet from them…During the period of operations by the 21st Infantry, 1 May – June, an area 12,000 years wide was cleared for a distance of approximately 12 miles. Elements of the 100th Japanese Division, totaling approximately 6,500 men faced this regiment…elements of the 100th Division Artillery and the 30th Division Artillery were also operating in this area. An unusually large number of automatic weapons were employed by the enemy…This offensive action was competed with great loss to the 21st Infantry. Our casualties both killed and wounded were higher than ever sustained in one battle in all the history of the 21st Infantry." Source: THE STORY OF A REGIMENT IN ACTION – 21st Infantry Regiment by William Jordan Verbeck (1946), page 126.
Private Gildersleeve was mortally wounded in the head by artillery shell fragments on 01 June 1945 as the 21st Regiment was beginning their advance toward the north in an area west of the Davao - Mintal - Tugbok area. He was "not in Medical Installation Prior to Death." Source: U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, June 1945, S/N 39732726.
He was first buried with military honors in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery at Talomo No. 1, near Davao, Mindanao.
HEADQUARTERS 21ST INFANTRY
Office of the Regimental Commander
APO # 24,
20 June 1945
SUBJECT: Commendation.
TO: Officers and Enlisted Men of the 21st Infantry.
"On the 19th June 1945, the 21st Infantry was withdrawn from combat and moved to a reserve area. The 18th June 1945 marked the sixty-third (63) day, of continuous combat against a stubborn and well trained enemy.
During practically the entire period this regiment was attacking. Fighting in terrain which favored the enemy in defense and in hemp and cogan grass where the heat of day was radiated to an unbearable degree, you never once failed to take an assigned objective.
"It is difficult for me to find words to express to you the admiration and respect in which I hold you. You and your dead comrades, and those of you who were wounded in action, have kindled in me an intense pride in commanding such an organization."
W. J. VERBECK,
Colonel, 21st Infantry,
Commanding.
At some point the remains of all the servicemen in USAF Cemetery Talomo No. 1 were exhumed and reinterred in the 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands – Grave 6994 (D-D 3151). After the war (autumn of 1947) his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. L. G. Gildersleeve), Private Delvin L. Gildersleeve was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
Service # 39732726
Entered Service From: California
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Unit: 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
Date of Death: 01 June 1945, Mindanao, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85
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Twin of Delbert Lester Gildersleeve.
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Calipatria, Imperial County, California (sheet 4A, family 80, Church St) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (3 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (10 April 1940): Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 10A, household 262, 3236 26th Street) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (13 California). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Delvin Leslie Gildersleeve (18, 28 June 1926, Turlock, California), a resident of 918 Forest Grove St., El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. W-184-B, Order No. T12204-B) on 01 July 1944 at Puente, Los Angeles County, California. He was employed by his dad, Lester Gildersleeve. Donald listed his father, Lester Gildersleeve, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 11" in height, 145 lbs., with a light complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
Delvin L Gildersleeve (1926 California), a resident of Los Angeles County, California, enlisted as a Private (S/N 39732726) in the U.S. Army on 24 November 1944 at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in "Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c."
Private Gildersleeve was assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division and sent to the Philippine Islands.
In April 1945 the 21st Infantry landed on the southern island of Mindanao and were part of the Davao Campaign.
A chronicler for the 24th Division wrote:
"The soldiers of the 24th Infantry, considered the post-Davao operations to be the hardest, bitterest and, most exhausting battle of the ten island campaigns. In addition to the tenacious defense put up by the Japanese, another punishing aspect of the subsequent combat was the proliferous fields of abaca. To the foot soldiers fighting in the Davao province, the word abaca was synonymous with hell...Countless acres around Davao are covered with these thick-stemmed plants, fifteen to twenty feet high; the plants grow as closely together as sugar cane, and their long, lush, green leaves are in a welter of green so dense that a strong man must fight with the whole weight of his body for each foot of progress...In the abaca fields, visibility was rarely more than ten feet. No breeze ever reached through the gloomy expanse of green, and more men—American and Japanese—fell prostrate from the overpowering heat than bullets. The common way for scouts to locate an enemy position in abaca fighting was to advance until they received machinegun fire at a range of three to five yards. For the next two months, in such an environment, the 24th Division fought the Japanese. While the infantry sought out the Japanese defenses, platoons and squads worked through the abaca and surrounding jungle to seek out enemy bunkers and spider holes."
01 May 1945 "found the regiment nearing Bago preparing to begin an offensive which was to last for fifty-one consecutive days…The terrain in this area was a continuous climb going north into the hinterland. There were numerous streams and deep ravines. The entire area was practically covered by abaca groves so thick, movement through them was almost impossible…For three years the Japanese had prepared and perfected the defense of this area…the Japanese built innumerable pillboxes and a very elaborate system of trenches, foxholes, and spider holes. Not only had them been camouflaged by the Japanese, but by natural growth as well. It was quite often impossible to detect these emplacements when only a few feet from them…During the period of operations by the 21st Infantry, 1 May – June, an area 12,000 years wide was cleared for a distance of approximately 12 miles. Elements of the 100th Japanese Division, totaling approximately 6,500 men faced this regiment…elements of the 100th Division Artillery and the 30th Division Artillery were also operating in this area. An unusually large number of automatic weapons were employed by the enemy…This offensive action was competed with great loss to the 21st Infantry. Our casualties both killed and wounded were higher than ever sustained in one battle in all the history of the 21st Infantry." Source: THE STORY OF A REGIMENT IN ACTION – 21st Infantry Regiment by William Jordan Verbeck (1946), page 126.
Private Gildersleeve was mortally wounded in the head by artillery shell fragments on 01 June 1945 as the 21st Regiment was beginning their advance toward the north in an area west of the Davao - Mintal - Tugbok area. He was "not in Medical Installation Prior to Death." Source: U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, June 1945, S/N 39732726.
He was first buried with military honors in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery at Talomo No. 1, near Davao, Mindanao.
HEADQUARTERS 21ST INFANTRY
Office of the Regimental Commander
APO # 24,
20 June 1945
SUBJECT: Commendation.
TO: Officers and Enlisted Men of the 21st Infantry.
"On the 19th June 1945, the 21st Infantry was withdrawn from combat and moved to a reserve area. The 18th June 1945 marked the sixty-third (63) day, of continuous combat against a stubborn and well trained enemy.
During practically the entire period this regiment was attacking. Fighting in terrain which favored the enemy in defense and in hemp and cogan grass where the heat of day was radiated to an unbearable degree, you never once failed to take an assigned objective.
"It is difficult for me to find words to express to you the admiration and respect in which I hold you. You and your dead comrades, and those of you who were wounded in action, have kindled in me an intense pride in commanding such an organization."
W. J. VERBECK,
Colonel, 21st Infantry,
Commanding.
At some point the remains of all the servicemen in USAF Cemetery Talomo No. 1 were exhumed and reinterred in the 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands – Grave 6994 (D-D 3151). After the war (autumn of 1947) his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. L. G. Gildersleeve), Private Delvin L. Gildersleeve was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
Delvin L. Gildersleeve
Service # 39732726
Entered Service From: California
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Unit: 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
Date of Death: 01 June 1945, Mindanao, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85
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Twin of Delbert Lester Gildersleeve.
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Calipatria, Imperial County, California (sheet 4A, family 80, Church St) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (3 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (10 April 1940): Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 10A, household 262, 3236 26th Street) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (13 California). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Delvin Leslie Gildersleeve (18, 28 June 1926, Turlock, California), a resident of 918 Forest Grove St., El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. W-184-B, Order No. T12204-B) on 01 July 1944 at Puente, Los Angeles County, California. He was employed by his dad, Lester Gildersleeve. Donald listed his father, Lester Gildersleeve, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 11" in height, 145 lbs., with a light complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
Delvin L Gildersleeve (1926 California), a resident of Los Angeles County, California, enlisted as a Private (S/N 39732726) in the U.S. Army on 24 November 1944 at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in "Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c."
Private Gildersleeve was assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division and sent to the Philippine Islands.
In April 1945 the 21st Infantry landed on the southern island of Mindanao and were part of the Davao Campaign.
A chronicler for the 24th Division wrote:
"The soldiers of the 24th Infantry, considered the post-Davao operations to be the hardest, bitterest and, most exhausting battle of the ten island campaigns. In addition to the tenacious defense put up by the Japanese, another punishing aspect of the subsequent combat was the proliferous fields of abaca. To the foot soldiers fighting in the Davao province, the word abaca was synonymous with hell...Countless acres around Davao are covered with these thick-stemmed plants, fifteen to twenty feet high; the plants grow as closely together as sugar cane, and their long, lush, green leaves are in a welter of green so dense that a strong man must fight with the whole weight of his body for each foot of progress...In the abaca fields, visibility was rarely more than ten feet. No breeze ever reached through the gloomy expanse of green, and more men—American and Japanese—fell prostrate from the overpowering heat than bullets. The common way for scouts to locate an enemy position in abaca fighting was to advance until they received machinegun fire at a range of three to five yards. For the next two months, in such an environment, the 24th Division fought the Japanese. While the infantry sought out the Japanese defenses, platoons and squads worked through the abaca and surrounding jungle to seek out enemy bunkers and spider holes."
01 May 1945 "found the regiment nearing Bago preparing to begin an offensive which was to last for fifty-one consecutive days…The terrain in this area was a continuous climb going north into the hinterland. There were numerous streams and deep ravines. The entire area was practically covered by abaca groves so thick, movement through them was almost impossible…For three years the Japanese had prepared and perfected the defense of this area…the Japanese built innumerable pillboxes and a very elaborate system of trenches, foxholes, and spider holes. Not only had them been camouflaged by the Japanese, but by natural growth as well. It was quite often impossible to detect these emplacements when only a few feet from them…During the period of operations by the 21st Infantry, 1 May – June, an area 12,000 years wide was cleared for a distance of approximately 12 miles. Elements of the 100th Japanese Division, totaling approximately 6,500 men faced this regiment…elements of the 100th Division Artillery and the 30th Division Artillery were also operating in this area. An unusually large number of automatic weapons were employed by the enemy…This offensive action was competed with great loss to the 21st Infantry. Our casualties both killed and wounded were higher than ever sustained in one battle in all the history of the 21st Infantry." Source: THE STORY OF A REGIMENT IN ACTION – 21st Infantry Regiment by William Jordan Verbeck (1946), page 126.
Private Gildersleeve was mortally wounded in the head by artillery shell fragments on 01 June 1945 as the 21st Regiment was beginning their advance toward the north in an area west of the Davao - Mintal - Tugbok area. He was "not in Medical Installation Prior to Death." Source: U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, June 1945, S/N 39732726.
He was first buried with military honors in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery at Talomo No. 1, near Davao, Mindanao.
HEADQUARTERS 21ST INFANTRY
Office of the Regimental Commander
APO # 24,
20 June 1945
SUBJECT: Commendation.
TO: Officers and Enlisted Men of the 21st Infantry.
"On the 19th June 1945, the 21st Infantry was withdrawn from combat and moved to a reserve area. The 18th June 1945 marked the sixty-third (63) day, of continuous combat against a stubborn and well trained enemy.
During practically the entire period this regiment was attacking. Fighting in terrain which favored the enemy in defense and in hemp and cogan grass where the heat of day was radiated to an unbearable degree, you never once failed to take an assigned objective.
"It is difficult for me to find words to express to you the admiration and respect in which I hold you. You and your dead comrades, and those of you who were wounded in action, have kindled in me an intense pride in commanding such an organization."
W. J. VERBECK,
Colonel, 21st Infantry,
Commanding.
At some point the remains of all the servicemen in USAF Cemetery Talomo No. 1 were exhumed and reinterred in the 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands – Grave 6994 (D-D 3151). After the war (autumn of 1947) his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. L. G. Gildersleeve), Private Delvin L. Gildersleeve was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
Service # 39732726
Entered Service From: California
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Unit: 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
Date of Death: 01 June 1945, Mindanao, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85
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Twin of Delbert Lester Gildersleeve.
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Calipatria, Imperial County, California (sheet 4A, family 80, Church St) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (3 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (10 April 1940): Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 10A, household 262, 3236 26th Street) – Delvin L. Gildersleeve (13 California). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Delvin Leslie Gildersleeve (18, 28 June 1926, Turlock, California), a resident of 918 Forest Grove St., El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. W-184-B, Order No. T12204-B) on 01 July 1944 at Puente, Los Angeles County, California. He was employed by his dad, Lester Gildersleeve. Donald listed his father, Lester Gildersleeve, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 11" in height, 145 lbs., with a light complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
Delvin L Gildersleeve (1926 California), a resident of Los Angeles County, California, enlisted as a Private (S/N 39732726) in the U.S. Army on 24 November 1944 at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in "Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c."
Private Gildersleeve was assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division and sent to the Philippine Islands.
In April 1945 the 21st Infantry landed on the southern island of Mindanao and were part of the Davao Campaign.
A chronicler for the 24th Division wrote:
"The soldiers of the 24th Infantry, considered the post-Davao operations to be the hardest, bitterest and, most exhausting battle of the ten island campaigns. In addition to the tenacious defense put up by the Japanese, another punishing aspect of the subsequent combat was the proliferous fields of abaca. To the foot soldiers fighting in the Davao province, the word abaca was synonymous with hell...Countless acres around Davao are covered with these thick-stemmed plants, fifteen to twenty feet high; the plants grow as closely together as sugar cane, and their long, lush, green leaves are in a welter of green so dense that a strong man must fight with the whole weight of his body for each foot of progress...In the abaca fields, visibility was rarely more than ten feet. No breeze ever reached through the gloomy expanse of green, and more men—American and Japanese—fell prostrate from the overpowering heat than bullets. The common way for scouts to locate an enemy position in abaca fighting was to advance until they received machinegun fire at a range of three to five yards. For the next two months, in such an environment, the 24th Division fought the Japanese. While the infantry sought out the Japanese defenses, platoons and squads worked through the abaca and surrounding jungle to seek out enemy bunkers and spider holes."
01 May 1945 "found the regiment nearing Bago preparing to begin an offensive which was to last for fifty-one consecutive days…The terrain in this area was a continuous climb going north into the hinterland. There were numerous streams and deep ravines. The entire area was practically covered by abaca groves so thick, movement through them was almost impossible…For three years the Japanese had prepared and perfected the defense of this area…the Japanese built innumerable pillboxes and a very elaborate system of trenches, foxholes, and spider holes. Not only had them been camouflaged by the Japanese, but by natural growth as well. It was quite often impossible to detect these emplacements when only a few feet from them…During the period of operations by the 21st Infantry, 1 May – June, an area 12,000 years wide was cleared for a distance of approximately 12 miles. Elements of the 100th Japanese Division, totaling approximately 6,500 men faced this regiment…elements of the 100th Division Artillery and the 30th Division Artillery were also operating in this area. An unusually large number of automatic weapons were employed by the enemy…This offensive action was competed with great loss to the 21st Infantry. Our casualties both killed and wounded were higher than ever sustained in one battle in all the history of the 21st Infantry." Source: THE STORY OF A REGIMENT IN ACTION – 21st Infantry Regiment by William Jordan Verbeck (1946), page 126.
Private Gildersleeve was mortally wounded in the head by artillery shell fragments on 01 June 1945 as the 21st Regiment was beginning their advance toward the north in an area west of the Davao - Mintal - Tugbok area. He was "not in Medical Installation Prior to Death." Source: U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, June 1945, S/N 39732726.
He was first buried with military honors in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery at Talomo No. 1, near Davao, Mindanao.
HEADQUARTERS 21ST INFANTRY
Office of the Regimental Commander
APO # 24,
20 June 1945
SUBJECT: Commendation.
TO: Officers and Enlisted Men of the 21st Infantry.
"On the 19th June 1945, the 21st Infantry was withdrawn from combat and moved to a reserve area. The 18th June 1945 marked the sixty-third (63) day, of continuous combat against a stubborn and well trained enemy.
During practically the entire period this regiment was attacking. Fighting in terrain which favored the enemy in defense and in hemp and cogan grass where the heat of day was radiated to an unbearable degree, you never once failed to take an assigned objective.
"It is difficult for me to find words to express to you the admiration and respect in which I hold you. You and your dead comrades, and those of you who were wounded in action, have kindled in me an intense pride in commanding such an organization."
W. J. VERBECK,
Colonel, 21st Infantry,
Commanding.
At some point the remains of all the servicemen in USAF Cemetery Talomo No. 1 were exhumed and reinterred in the 7740 USAF Cemetery, Leyte #1, Palo, Leyte, Philippines Islands – Grave 6994 (D-D 3151). After the war (autumn of 1947) his remains (along with 8,568 other American soldiers) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. L. G. Gildersleeve), Private Delvin L. Gildersleeve was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot H, Row 4, Grave 85.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
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