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Wiesbaden, Germany, July 28, 1986: Rev. Lawrence M. Jenco waves to a crowd of well-wishers from a balcony at the Air Force Regional Medical Center in Wiesbaden. The Catholic priest was on his way home to Illinois after being released by Islamic Jihad, which had held him captive in Lebanon for 19 months.

Wiesbaden, Germany, July 28, 1986: Rev. Lawrence M. Jenco waves to a crowd of well-wishers from a balcony at the Air Force Regional Medical Center in Wiesbaden. The Catholic priest was on his way home to Illinois after being released by Islamic Jihad, which had held him captive in Lebanon for 19 months. (L. Emmett Lewis Jr./Stars and Stripes)

Wiesbaden, Germany, July 28, 1986: Rev. Lawrence M. Jenco waves to a crowd of well-wishers from a balcony at the Air Force Regional Medical Center in Wiesbaden. The Catholic priest was on his way home to Illinois after being released by Islamic Jihad, which had held him captive in Lebanon for 19 months.

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