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When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war.

Daniel J. Evans

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Daniel J. Evans
Age: 99
Born: 1925
Born: October 16
Former Governor Of Washington
Politician
Seattle
Washington
Daniel Jackson Evans
University
Came
War
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