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A Soviet machine gun team during World War II. After losing as many as 100,000 troops killed and wounded in Ukraine and forcibly drafting 300,000 unwilling men to replace them, the Russian army ...

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OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - The Pearson Lakes Arts Center will open the Goodenow Gallery on Thursday with a grand opening ceremony ...

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