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Camp Oji, Japan, Jan. 27, 1969: Marv Fleming poses for a picture with an unidentified patient at the U.S. Army Hospital. The tight end for the Green Bay Packers was on a 17-day USO tour to military hospitals in Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines and Hawaii together with fellow pro footballers Joe Namath of the New York Jets, Jim Otto of the Oakland Raiders, Steve Wright of the New York Giants and NBC sportscaster Charlie Jones.

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