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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated March 30, 1957 reads, "It's obvious that size makes no difference when it comes to friendship. Joseph McDonald, patient at San Fernando Veterans Hospital, takes time out to feed his squirrel pal some peanuts. McDonald served four years with Navy's Seabees."
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