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87-year-old Benny hensen (cq) poses for a portrait in 944 with a Papua New Guinea native when he worked as a Topographic specialist in the army during WWII. Hensen is an rockies fan who is in hospice care at the Atria Inn at Lakewood. He has played baseb

4:18 p.m. October 7, 2006. Rachel Chayer, (cq), 7, of Ft. Collins builds her own sculpture, fashioned after the wooden Yipwon Spirit Figure from the mid 1800's, from Papua New Guinea in the Oceanic Art Gallery on the 3rd floor of the new Frederic C. Hami

Bigger isn't necessarily better, according to the Guam delegation, who traveled farthest to be here.

Colonel Karen Weldon (cq), left, works with her friend Lt. Colonel Michael Patrocky (cq) on writing their resumes in the Army Career and Alumni Program area at Ft. Carson. The two will be leaving the army soon and are utilizing the program and workshops

FILE (NYT29) APRA HARBOR, Guam -- May 17, 2005 -- SUBMARINE-CRASH-2 -- A U.S. Navy photo of the submarine USS San Francisco as it sat dry dock in Guam, Jan. 27, 2005 where the damage to its bow following a collision with an undersea mountain was being ass

(NYT28) APRA HARBOR, Guam -- May 17, 2005 -- SUBMARINE-CRASH-1 -- The USS San Francisco in dry dock on May 13, 2005, undergoing repair following a collision with an undersea mountain not on its navigational charts. One crewman was killed, 97 others were i

MJM329 High Noon Entertainment finishing editor, May Palau (cq) works on editing a program called the Food Network Challenge in the online edit room Thursday Nov. 30th. The ten year old company has offices in Denver and Los Angeles. (MATT MCCLAIN/ROCKY

Michael and Carie Fay adopted their son, Josiah, after Michael's sister was beaten to death a year ago by her boyfriend in Hawaii while pregnate with Josiah. Josiah just turned a year old and Michael and Carie are speaking out about domestic violence as t

Paul Lugar, a personal trainer and cycling coach in Boulder, paddles his way across the Boulder Reservoir in the late afternoon. Lugar is riding Sevylor Sports' new "Samoa" - a new inflatable model of the stand-up paddle boards that are all the rage in Ca

Cadet Candidate Mercy Teo(cq), 18, from American Samoa, right, (she's in Dick Foster's story) hugs Ellen Cesarone (cq), assistant to U.S. Congressman Joel Hefley, after Teo was sworn in as a new U.S. citizen at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs on April 22

Twenty-five members of the U.S. Armed Forces and one spouse are sworn in as new U.S. citizens at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs on April 22, 2005 in an INS naturalization ceremony. (ELLEN JASKOL/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS).