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#1: Composite image of early photo of Martin "Marty" R. Steele and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Marty Steele (right) with his uncle, Bob Steele; Fletcher Street home in Fort Smith, Arkansas, ca. 1953
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#3: Marty Steele with his sister, Susan Steele; Fort Smith, Arkansas, ca. 1953
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#4: Marty Steele's father, Richard "Dick" Dunlap Steele, in a World War II plane
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#5: Marty Steele's ninth-grade class, St. Joseph's Catholic School, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1960–1961
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#6: Marty Steele (1st row, center) and the St. Joseph's Catholic School football team, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#7: Marty Steele, Fayetteville High School yearbook, The Amethyst, 1962
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#8: Marty Steele (far right), vice president, with the Fayetteville High School junior-class officers, ca. 1963
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#9: Marty Steele, number 12 (1st row, left), Fayetteville High School football team, 1962
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#10: Marty Steele, Fayetteville High School yearbook, The Amethyst, 1963
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#11: Marty Steele (right), Key Club vice president, with fellow officers; Fayetteville High School yearbook, The Amethyst, 1963
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#12: Marty Steele's mentor, Coach Donathon (right); Fayetteville High School yearbook, The Amethyst, 1963
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#13: Inscription from Coach Donathon to Marty Steele; Fayetteville High School yearbook, The Amethyst, 1963
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#14: Marty Steele (5th row from top, 11th from left) with the United States Marine Corps, Company N, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment; Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 1965
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![Marty Steele and Cindy Bayliss Steele at their wedding, with Chaplain John Joseph O'Connor presiding; Quantico, Virginia, 1967 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/STEELE-Martin-R/slideshow//024-STEELE-Martin-Wedding-Ceremony-1967.jpg)
#15: Marty Steele and Cindy Bayliss Steele at their wedding, with Chaplain John Joseph O'Connor presiding; Quantico, Virginia, 1967
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#16: Marty and Cindy Steele on their wedding day, 1967
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#17: Marty and Cindy Steele on their wedding day, 1967
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#18: Cynthia Brooke Bayliss Steele kissing her father on her wedding day, 1967
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#19: Marty Steele, US Marine Corps
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#20: Marty Steele, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#21: Marty and Cindy Steele with their children, Diane and David, early 1970s
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#22: Marty Steele (center), ca. 1976
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#23: Marty and Cindy Steele with their children, David, Diane, and Deborah (seated), ca. 1980s
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#24: The USS Saint Paul
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#25: Marty Steele (right) with his son, David Steele
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#26: Marty Steele (left) with his son, David Steele
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#27: President Bill Clinton administers the oath of office of brigadier general to Colonel Marty Steele in the Oval Office, 1993
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#28: President Bill Clinton and Cindy Steele pin the new rank of brigadier general on Colonel Marty Steele in the Oval Office, 1993
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#29: Major General Marty Steele with Bill Clinton
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#30: Lieutenant General Martin R. Steele
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#31: Lieutenant General Marty Steele (right), Change of Command/Retirement Parade, 1999
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#32: Marty Steele golfing with President Bill Clinton
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#33: Lieutenant General Marty Steele (2nd from right), with aides, 1999
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#34: Marty Steele with family and housekeeper, 1999
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#35: Lieutenant General Marty Steele (left) with General Charles C. Krulak
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#36: Marty and Cindy Steele, US Marine Corps Birthday Ball, 1999
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#37: Marty Steele (right) with his family: (from left) son-in-law, Carlos; granddaughter, Raquel; daughter, Diane; daughter-in-law, Natalie; daughter, Deborah; son, David; wife, Cindy; (in front) granddaughter; grandson, Matthew
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#38: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Martin "Marty" R. Steele at the Pryor Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 13, 2009
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#39: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Martin "Marty" R. Steele at the Pryor Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 13, 2009
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#40: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Martin "Marty" R. Steele at the Pryor Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 13, 2009
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