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Troops participating in the 2011 Joint Service Open House on Joint Base Andrews, Md., had a chance to find out about Civil War era weapons and fighting techniques from Eddie Roberts, center, a Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War commander and Civil War re-enactor, May 20, 2011.

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Troops participating in the 2011 Joint Service Open House on Joint Base Andrews, Md., had a chance to find out about Civil War era weapons and fighting techniques from Eddie Roberts, center, a Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War commander and Civil War re-enactor, May 20, 2011.

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