Contracts are often only for a month or so, yet hoarders stash things away for far longer.

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Yet so far, the company has fought to keep the documents confidential and away from court cases -- like Pennie Green's.

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"It was very far away from Warminster, the nearest town, so it was very remote and yet because of that remoteness it was very attractive to the Army, " she said.

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