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Default concatenate in array formula?

I have an array formula that sums cells in column C if their corresponding
label in column B matches a desired string in cell A1.

{=SUM(IF($A$1=$B$1:$B$9,$C$1:$C$9,0))}

It works fine. But if I try to concatenate instead of sum (using
Ctrl+Shift+Enter), this fails:

{=CONCATENATE(IF($A$1=$B$1:$B$3,$D$1:$D$3,""))}

Evaluating the formula yields
CONCATENATE(IF({FALSE,TRUE,FALSE},$D$1:$D$3,""))
which evaluates to CONCATENATE(""), even though I got one match, and cell D2
contains the string "West".

Can concatenation be done in an array formula?

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Squirl Girl