Andre Kessler

ID: 81 ~ Source: Andre Kessler ~ Date: 1958-1959
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Kessler serving in the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Honor Guard in Washington, D.C, where he first started playing basketball. Invited to the Honor Guard because he was over six feet tall, Kessler served at Arlington National Cemetery and at the White House, ca 1958-1959.

ID: A person wearing a white uniform standing on a staircase on the front of a house and leaning on the arm rail.

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By Andre Kessler
"While I was in Washington, since all of us in the ceremonial guard were six foot and over, we formed a basketball team. We went around and played other military places, some schools, and things like that. One night we were playing somewhere--…