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Former Sen. Bob Dole shakes hands with Lt. Col. Michael Lind with the Army’s G-1 office during Dole’s honorary promotion ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2019. Dole, who was medically discharged as a captain after being severely wounded in WWII, was promoted to colonel.

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“It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep,” according to a statement from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. “At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years.”

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Sailors load water into a car at the Navy Exchange just outside of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2021. It is one of three water distribution sites set up by the Navy for residents of military housing experiencing foul-smelling tap water in their homes.

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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., from left, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., join House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, at a news conference to introduce the Vanessa Guillen Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act on Capitol Hill on June 23. Guillen was killed by a fellow soldier in 2020.

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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2000, file photo, former senator and former presidential candidate Bob Dole salutes after a speech at the Republican National Convention in the First Union Center in Philadelphia. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

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Norm Zeisloft ©Stars and StripesBerlin, May, 1961: Legendary actor Spencer Tracy waits for his next scene during the filming of "Judgment at Nuremberg," the story of the post-World War II war crimes trials. Producer Stanley Kramer brought part of the cast to Berlin to film outdoor scenes amid the still-abundant rubble.
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Spencer Tracy in Berlin, 1961

Berlin, May 1961: Legendary actor Spencer Tracy waits for his next scene during the filming of “Judgment at Nuremberg,” the story of the post-World War II war crimes trials. Producer Stanley Kramer brought part of the cast to Berlin to film outdoor scenes amid the still-abundant rubble.