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- ↑ "Charles Heiden - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor". Valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ↑ Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (2004). Who's who in America. ISBN 9780837969749.
- ↑ "Major General (Retired) Charles Kenneth Heiden". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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