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AUGUST 6, #onthisday in 1949 (68 years ago): Colonel Howard Queen receives congratulations from a Brigadier General after World War 2, August 6, 1949. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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JUNE 13, #onthisday in 1945 (72 years ago): Black soldiers of World War 2 from Pacific for discharge, June 13, 1945. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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MARCH 9, #onthisday in 1963 (54 years ago): Photographs from the 50th anniverary of the Chi Delta Mu fraternity, March 9, 1963. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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MARCH 8, #onthisday in 1944 (73 years ago): United States Signal Corps photo of an actual spine tapping operation shows private James H Gadderson (of Kansas City), March 8, 1944. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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MARCH 9, #onthisday in 1977 (39 years ago): Politician Marion Barry in a hospital bed after being shot near his heart by radical Hanafi Muslims, March 9, 1977. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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JANUARY 1, #onthisday in 1950 (66 years ago): Actor and comedian Eddie Rochester Anderson plays a drum, 1950. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield