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Eager Readers

Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Martha Ervin reads to preschool students at the Vogelweh Child Development Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 8, 2018, during the annual Read Across America observance. Army photo by Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe

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