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The term "dependa" is liberally applied to those dependents that think that their sacrifice is equal to or exceeds that of the actual Active Duty person.
| last = Wertsch
| first = Mary Edwards
| authorlink = Mary Edwards Wertsch
| title = Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress
| edition = 1st hardcover
| date = April 23, 1991
| publisher = Harmony
| isbn = 0-517-58400-X
| page = 350
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/militarybratsleg00wert/page/350
}}
