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A meal with grandma means so much

Maria Semenovna Kirichenko tells memories of her life to service members from the Transit Center at Manas April 30, 2012 during a Manas Area Benefit Outreach Society’s babushka lunch visit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kirichenko is a 91-year-old babushka that has been living in Bishkek for 71 years where she worked as a math teacher educating children for 40 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)

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