In 1943, Naomi Cheney was murdered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Six years later, her father, Frank Cheney, Sr., committed a sudden act of violence that no one could understand when he snapped in Birmingham.
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https://www.6thcavalrymuseum.org/regimental-history
https://www.seabeesmuseum.com/seabee-history
https://www.army.mil/women/history/wac.html
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