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Sea Swallows Ambush

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Description: A man is positioned in crab-laden mud in which the Sea Swallows set up "the toughest ambush I've ever covered". Vietnam.
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Patrol Officer

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Description: A patrol officer looks at his compass as he smokes a cigarette.
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Soldiers Relaxing and Talking

Date: 07 1942
Description: Four soldiers are seated under a canopy in Panama, relaxing and talking.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1946
Description: Two soldiers huddle behind a 30mm machine gun. Part of a series of images made by Chapelle during World War II in the Pacific Ocean region, including image...
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Flying Bananas

Date: 06 1962
Description: A U.S. Army Piasecki CH21-C helicopter operating at a newly cut drop zone strip near the Laotian border to resupply Vietnamese troops. Because of the two r...
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Transporting Wounded Soldiers

Date: 1945
Description: Overhead view of wounded soldiers being transported to the USS "Samaritan".
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Algerian FLN Members

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian members of the National Liberation Front posing by large boulders.
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Chinese National Marine Firing a Gun

Date: 1961
Description: View from behind of a Chinese National Marine firing a gun at night in Laos.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Fort Benning

Date: 1960
Description: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike), as commander-in-chief, inspects a soldier at an exhibition at Fort Benning.
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Execution by Firing Squad

Date: 1957
Description: Members of the Algerian National Liberation Front form a firing squad and execute a man who claimed to have killed innocent men, women, and children in Alg...
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Cuban Rebel Shooting at Airplane

Date: 1958
Description: Major Antonio Lusson, battilion commander for Castro during the fight for the town of LaMaya, fires on a strafing B-26 from Batista's air force. Cuba.
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Trial of a Young Traitor

Date: 1957
Description: A traitor, with hands held near his face, stands before the Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains. This is the actual trial.
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Loading Wounded onto Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are being loaded onto a hospital ship in Iwo Jima.
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Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
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Napalm Testing Camp Pendleton

Date: 1955
Description: Marine and bayonet silhouetted in a fiery blast of napalm. Taken during a napalm testing maneuver at Camp Pendleton.
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Algerian FLN Training

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members doing push-ups in the desert near boulders.
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Flight Nurse and Wounded

Date: 03 1945
Description: At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the ...
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United States Embassy in Hungary

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Description: A group of people gather outside of the American Embassy in Hungary.
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Dead Vietnamese Man

Date: 1961
Description: A dead Vietnamese man lays on the ground as a paratrooper prepares to fire bullets into the body.

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