Second Battalion Marines Lebanon - Cruise Book

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Just as time keeps marching on, so will there always be teeth needing fillings, and people needing medical attention. Dental school probably did not prepare Dr. Bahn to perform his trade in the open air, on a hillside near Beirut -- but as the picture tupper leftl shows he practices the afield expedient. Similarly, in the photo Qupper rightj, Dr. Griner Qleftl and Dr. Meier Ccenter rearj bat- talion surgeons, keep in practice on the Lebanon hillside. -

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