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Barber Ernest “Smitty” Smith, center, gives midshipman Joshua Chu of Richmond, Va., a haircut at the U.S. Naval Academy barbershop in Annapolis, Md. Monday, June 23. After 32 years of cutting hair at the academy, Smith plans to retire July 1. The barbershop is housed inside Bancroft Hall, home to the academy's entire student body, and the largest dormitory building in the world.
Barber Ernest “Smitty” Smith, center, gives midshipman Joshua Chu of Richmond, Va., a haircut at the U.S. Naval Academy barbershop in Annapolis, Md. Monday, June 23. After 32 years of cutting hair at the academy, Smith plans to retire July 1. The barbershop is housed inside Bancroft Hall, home to the academy’s entire student body, and the largest dormitory building in the world.

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