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(Tony Evanoski/Stars and Stripes)

Frankfurt, West Germany, October 1961: Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, considered by many to be the greatest of all jazz musicians, poses during a stopover at Frankfurt on his way to perform for troops in the recently-walled city of Berlin.

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