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Red Grandy ©Stars and StripesWiesbaden, West Germany, January 3, 1951: Little Deborah Bigby wasn't the first baby born on New Year's Day, 1951, to the U.S. military community in Germany — two others beat her to it — but she might have been the most photogenic. Here she "poses" with her mom, Louise; dad is Tech. Sgt. Sidney Bigby of the 1st Radio Relay Squadron at Wiesbaden Air Base. And Deborah wasn't the only new arrival in the room; it was also the first Stars and Stripes photo assignment for Red Grandy, who went on to provide the paper with some of its best shots for nearly 40 years.

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