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Firing squads (Execution)

LC control no.sh2005008157
Topical headingFiring squads (Execution)
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Variant(s)Firing parties (Execution)
Squads, Firing (Execution)
See alsoExecutions and executioners
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Found inWork cat.: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum web catalog, 1 Dec. 2005 (hdg.: Firing squads)
Random House (firing squad: a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting; or a military detachment assigned to fire a salute at the burial of a person being honored)
Web. 3 (firing squad, also firing party: a detachment detailed to fire volleys over the grave of one buried with military honors; or a detachment detailed to carry out a sentence of death by shooting)
LCTGM 1 web site, 1 Dec. 2005 (hdg.: Firing squads; BTs Executioners, Executions)