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Dickey and Tony Chapelle

Date: 1950
Description: Dickey Meyer Chapelle poses with her husband Tony Chapelle next to a vehicle.
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Dickey Chapelle with FLN

Date: 08 1957
Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle sits with Algerian members of the National Liberation Front dressed as a member of the FLN. She is wearing a head scarf and ho...
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Dickey Chapelle with Special Forces Group

Date: 06 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle receives a last minute pre-jump inspection from the 5th Special Forces Group.
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Dickey Chapelle Taking Cover

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle in Lebanon wearing camouflaged clothing and a helmet crouched low to the ground and holding a camera. She is next to and behind a soldier w...
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Chapelle and FLN Rebels

Date: 1957
Description: Dickey Chapelle sits and drinks coffee with the FLN Scorpion Battalion Rebels in the Atlas Mountains in Algeria.
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Dickey Chapelle with Vilma Espin

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle poses with Vilma Espin, who married Fidel Castro's brother Raul Castro. Also shown are two children (Espin and Castro's children?), and an ...
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Inside Helicopter "Manhunt"

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Description: This photograph labeled only as "Manhunt" by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle shows the interior of a helicopter used during the early stages of U.S....
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Vietnam Outpost

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Description: Dropping supplies at a South Vietnamese army outpost. Photographer Dickey Chapelle of Milwaukee was on board the helicopter as the drop was taking place.
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Unexploded Aerial Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of men from the National Liberation Front (FLN) show an unexploded aerial bomb to Dickey Chapelle, demonstrating NATO involvement in the war.
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Refugees Crossing Over

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Description: Refugees crossing over into Hungary.
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Iwo Jima Medical Facilities

Date: 03 1945
Description: Medical facilities, Iwo Jima plus nine. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle in the aftermath of the landing at Iwo J...
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FLN Member Jumping with Knife

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front poses as 'attacking' Dickey Chapelle from a boulder in the desert. He is jumping off a boulder with a l...
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FLN Members with NATO Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members show an unexploded bomb to Dickey Chapelle, proving NATO's involvement in the war. The men are crouched around t...
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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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Soldiers Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers on patrol ford a stream in Panama.
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Dead Body

Date: 1958
Description: Bloated corpse of a man lying on rocky ground in Jordan.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers ford a stream in Panama holding their rifles.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers fording a stream in Panama holding rifles high.
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CH-34A Helicoper

Date: 1963
Description: A photograph by freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle of several Sikorsky CH-34A helicopters taken somewhere in South Vietnam. Because these heavy lifting...
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Wounded South Vietnamese Soldier

Date: 1961
Description: Soldier assisting a wounded South Vietnamese soldier.

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