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Nichola we will be using the memory of our friend, and of her sacrifice, to help us fix our path as we try to make moral decisions just actions, to guide us and help us keep doing what is good and right.” SUNRAY: The Death and Life of Captain Nichola Goddard, by Valerie Fortney. p. 302. /
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at the time of her death; her parent unit was the 1st Regiment
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A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War
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599:. Key Porter Books. pp. 183–184.
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