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Navy seal rorke denver introduces his book, damn few. Buy a cheap copy of damn few book by ellis henican. It was over at isndula the bloody work was doneand the yet unburied dead looked up unblinking at the sun. Thats part of the appeal of what rorke denver writes about in damn few.
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