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"word": "missing in action"
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"ref": "1942 January 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1942 President's Annual Message to Congress",
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"sense": "dead on duty",
"word": "kaatunut taistelussa"
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"sense": "dead on duty",
"word": "mort au combat"
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"sense": "dead on duty",
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"word": "killed in action"
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