Lieutenant-Colonel Kimo Gallahue, the commander of the American infantry in Wardak, says many locals have not yet decided which side to back.

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And my buddy Kimo Williams and I put some more guys and gals together, and we have a band of 13 people now.

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This belief was based mainly on measurements made in the 1970s at the University of Hawaii by Kimo Walker, the grandfather of surfing research.

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