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Baby Brother

Creator
Cobb, John Candler, II, 1919-2016
Creation Date
1943/02
Who
WWII driver
When
WWII
Where
Middle East
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Photo: John C. Cobb, courtesy AFS Archives, NY.

Families were large. At that time, the population of Lebanon was about 50 – 50, Muslim and Christian; but the Muslims evidently had more children. This may have been a factor leading to the terrible communal strife that tore Beirut apart 25 years later.

Location: Baalbek, Lebanon.