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Man watches his son decorate with icing

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Gunnery Sgt. Eleazar Zamano, a motor transport chief with 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division watches his son decorate a gingerbread cookie at the United Service Organizations Holidays at the USO aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 2019. The Camp Pendleton USO provided a life-sized gingerbread village, cookie decorating and a hot cocoa bar. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

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