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Unread 10-10-2006, 12:05 PM   #4
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Jack,

The small parts of DWMs with "s" suffixes ("29 DWMs" per Jan Still's nomenclature) were originally numbered in the commercial (hidden) style. Unless the purchaser re-stamped them in military style, they stayed that way. Apparently, the Navy did not.
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