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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Naval Air Station Waiting Room

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Description: Military personnel in the Naval Air Station waiting room. A sign on the wall reads: "Notice/ On this station salute/ square your hat/ hands out of pockets/...
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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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Loading Wounded Soldier onto Ship

Date: 1945
Description: Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship.
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Chapelle in Military Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait of Dickey Chapelle in uniform with a "war correspondent" patch on her sleeve.
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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1959
Description: Close-up of July 26th Movement soldiers sitting on a military vehicle during a parade to celebrate Fidel Castro's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban...
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William Lundigan

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Description: William Lundigan poses as his character Colonel Ed McCauley from the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a military uniform and hat.
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in a rough wool military coat) warmly embraces Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar) in this scene still from ...
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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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Wounded Marine on Ship Deck

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Description: A wounded Marine lays on a stretcher on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. The man later died.
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Franklin Hofele with Facial Wounds

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Description: Marine Franklin Hofele sits aboard the USS "Samaritan" with injuries.
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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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Martin Kosleck and Erich von Stroheim publicity still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Seated in a military vehicle are Martin Kosleck (left) and Erich von Stroheim in a publicity still for "The North Star." They are costumed as the German mi...
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Deck of USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: View from the deck of the hospital ship, the USS Samaritan, at sea. There are other ships and a shoreline in the background.
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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Mae West in "Catherine Was Great"

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Description: Mae West, as Catherine the Great, sits surrounded by military officers and diplomats in a scene from the play "Catherine Was Great". West wears a lavish f...
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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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