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Vietnamese Lookout

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Description: An unidentified image from the collection of Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer, shows a U.S. Marine on duty in the watchtower of a South Vietnamese...
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"Sky Devils" Props

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Description: Vintage World War airplanes used in the filming of "Sky Devils" (1932), a motion picture produced by Howard Hughes.
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Marines Wade Across a River

Date: 1965
Description: View from shoreline of U.S. Marines wading across a river while on a "Search and Clear" operation near Da Nang in Vietnam.
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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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Medic and Wounded Marine

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag.
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Fording a Stream

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Description: View from above of a soldier fording a stream with grassy banks near Fort Davis, Panama, holding his rifle over his head. He is wearing fatigues and a bac...
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Soldiers with Wreckage

Date: 1958
Description: Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns.
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Explosion at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School

Date: 12 1942
Description: An explosion set by trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama in a rural area, with trees and shrubs in the forground.
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Soldier Stacking Ammunition

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier stacks ammunition for a coastal gun in Panama near a stone wall. The soldier is being handed a case of ammunition. He is wearing a helmet and pan...
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Patrol in a Canoe in the Rain

Date: 1942
Description: A patrol from the 14th Infantry canoeing in the rain in Panama. Three men in fatigues holding sub-machine guns are sitting in a canoe.
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Algerian FLN Members in Camouflage with Weapons

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members in camouflage wearing their helmets and uniforms are posing with their guns.
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President Manuel Urrutia Lleó Shaking Hands

Date: 01 1959
Description: President Manuel Urrutia Lleó shaking hands with men in suits in Havana, Cuba during the celebration of the success of the Cuban Revolution.
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FLN Members Outside

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members gather outdoors. They are wearing fatigues, caps, and are holding rifles. Behind them are large bould...
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Men Into Space Scene

Date: 08 26 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, talks into a microphone. Two other men are next to him, one standing...
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Maurice Lefty Flynn and Dorothy Dalton

Date: 1922
Description: Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) holds a revolver on Jock MacKeinney (Maurice "Lefty" Flynn) in a publicity still from "The Woman Who Walked Alone...
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Donald Crisp publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Donald Crisp wears a U.S. Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S....
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Henry Walthall publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Henry Walthall stands outdoors in a Confederate uniform for his role as C...
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Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
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Storm Over the Andes still

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Description: Jack Holt points a gun while Antonio Moreno sits on the ground in a scene from the 1935 film Storm Over the Andes. Both are dressed in aviator jumpsuits a...
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Storm Over the Andes still

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Description: A man helps Jack Holt put on a parachute in a scene from the 1935 film Storm Over the Andes. Two men in the background, one in a plane and one standing by...

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