"I've been trying to put my finger on it for 30 years, " says Wittmann, sounding genuinely bewildered.

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Wittmann, Gottlieb, Casino and Ross are all regulars at the annual Militaria Antiques Xtravaganza (MAX) in Monroeville, Pa.

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Marshall Wittmann, of the Hudson Institute, probably speaks for most political analysts when he says he doubts it.

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Thomas Wittmann is of German extraction.

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