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Ephemera of Admiral Arleigh Burke

[typed] "OLD GOATS NEVER DIE.... 
THEY JUST FALL OFF CLIFFS."
Arleigh Burke 

[handwritten]Judge 
This great tribute was presented to me - after 
I fell off a cliff on my farm and cracked some ribs 
in 1957 - who wrote it---? 
Arleigh

Published: Tue Dec 02 15:30:45 EST 2014