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U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire Afghan men dye their beards red, evidently out of respect to the prophet Mohammed, who either was born a redhead, as has been reported, or who began rubbing his...
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Early morning service on a coast guard ship in WWII http://harmoniumhire.co.uk/archive-photo-gallery/ Major William F. Reiss, Chaplain, First Airborne Task Force (FABTF) leads G-2 Staff in prayers...
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Naresh & Rajesh Bedi Hindu women in Shirala, India bow before a “Nalla Pambu” (good snake), a symbol of fertility. Call it what you will, but no snake is a good snake to me. I don’t care if it eats...
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Sunbeam 1959 Billy Joel sang that “Catholic girls start much too late,” but what did he know? Jeanne didn’t start bleaching her hair too late. I think these ladies were right on time. Studying...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1940, from “I Remember Distinctly” I guess sitting in a chair with a sign on your chest is better than knocking door-to-door, working “territories” for “field service,” but this...
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