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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron talks with Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Carpenter at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2015. Both men received the Portrait of a Nation Prize during an event at the museum. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron talks with Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Carpenter at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2015. Both men received the Portrait of a Nation Prize during an event at the museum. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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