Andre Kessler in the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Honor Guard

ID: 85 ~ Source: Andre Kessler ~ Creator: U.S. Navy ~ Date: ca 1958-1959
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Kessler was chosen to serve in the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Honor Guard in Washington, D.C. because he was over six feet tall, ca 1958-1959. “I was the only Jew out of 82 men in the Ceremonial Honor Guard. It was a lily white operation.”

ID: A person in a white navy uniform standing on a path, holding a rifle upright at an angle.

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By Andre Kessler
"Three or four days before I was ready to graduate from basic training, an officer and our company commander, who was a chief petty officer, came walking through the barracks, and they said, 'Everybody six foot and over stand in front of…