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MEDICAL HOLD CONDITIONS AT FORT KNOX TO GO WITH STORY BY MARK BENJAMIN

The bathroom facilities at a world war two vintage barracks at Fort Knox in Kentucky, on October 28, 2003. U.S. military veterans on medical hold were first placed in these barracks on there arrival of the base, and were moved after two months to what the Army says are better living conditions. .(UPI/Michael Kleinfeld)

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