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Lt. Gen. Scott A. Kindsvater

Air Force Lt. Gen. Scott A. Kindsvater, deputy chairman of the NATO Military Committee, signs the city’s Golden Book in Schleiden, Germany, after he handed over an accordion lost during World War II to Christel Nierhoff, Nov. 28, 2019. Kindsvater inherited the accordion from his grandfather, who found the instrument with a fallen German soldier during World War II. The general returned the accordion, which had been in his family's possession for 74 years, to Nierhoff, the original owner’s sister.

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