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BOCA RATON  A generation before Florida Atlantic University opened its main campus in Boca Raton in 1964, students of another sort studied and trained there.  During World War II, thousands of soldiers in the Army Air Corps’ only airborne radar training facility, Boca Raton Army Air Field, occupied what is now the sprawling university campus and a portion of the city’s airport.  On Thursday, a historical marker was unveiled in memory of nine men who died on a routine training mission when their aircraft crashed during takeoff on the future site of the campus.  “These people made some of the great advances in radar detection … and the story is just beginning to be told,” said FAU President John Kelly following Thursday’s dedication of the historic marker. The plaque and others that may follow can help students and others “have that understanding so that we’re not just thankful but we actually understand the sacrifice and commitment and learn what was on the m

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