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Raúl Castro Reading, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Close-up of Raúl Castro sitting in a warehouse reading a piece of paper during the Cuban Revolution. The torso of another man wearing a belt of pouches is ...
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Helicopter Gas Drums

Date: 05 1961
Description: Gas drums for fueling helicopters at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A few soldiers are in the foreground, and two helicopters and an airplane are on the...
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Helicopter Fuel and Soldiers, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Soldiers at the Luang Prabang Airport, Laos walking near drums of fuel for helicopters. In the background soldiers stand near the door of a helicopter.
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Raúl Castro, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro is smoking a cigarette and leaning towards someone writing in a notebook during the Cuban Revolution. Vilma Espin and probably Celia Sanchez ar...
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Lao Infantry Playing Cards

Date: 05 1961
Description: Group of Colonel Bounchon's Lao infantrymen playing cards in the field. The soldiers sit or stand around a blanket where cards, money and cigarettes are la...
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Kekacham Settlement with Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos with American special forces and Lao infantrymen. Two soldiers talk near a tent and another works atop a mud-spattered jeep.
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Battle-Littered Alley

Date: 06 1962
Description: Alley in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, after a Viet Cong attack. Empty wooden ammunition boxes are strewn about in front of the charred entryway to a small brick bui...
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Raúl Castro, Vilma Espin and Others by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers, including Raúl Castro and Vilma Espin, resting by a rocky cliff-side in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution.
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Helicopter Loading at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Loading of a military helicopter at Luang Prabang airport. A number of soldiers stand next to the helicopter which has its door open. 55-gallon drums of fu...
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Woman with Mule on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman carrying a basket on her back leads a mule laden with bundles across an airstrip at Keukacham village, Laos. There are 55-gallon drums near a tent,...
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Soldiers Smoking

Date: 06 1962
Description: Two soldiers under the command of U.S. Army advisor Major M.C. Curley in the delta region of Vietnam sitting on sandbags smoking cigarettes. The soldiers ...
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Waiting at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A small group of refugees wait with luggage under an awning at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. An armed soldier stands behind them on the right. There is a tr...
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Helicopter at Refueling Area, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Helicopter and soldiers at the refueling area, Luang Prabang Airport, Laos. Soldiers stand next to the helicopter on the dirt landing surface. Others are w...
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26th of July Movement Members Resting by Tree

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement rest by a tree in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro is holding an espresso cup in the foreground, and Celia ...
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Helicopter Refueling, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Helicopter refueling area at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. Rows of orange 55-gallon drums are grouped at intervals on a dirt landing surface. Two helico...
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Entrance to Burned Out Building, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Entrance to a Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, building burned out in a Viet Cong attack. Debris can be seen cluttering the floor in the darkened interior. A tree branc...
Poster

Erinnern Sie sich?

Date: 11 12 1980
Description: German poster protesting the ongoing presence of the Bundeswehr, the West German armed forces.

Poster shows a screenprinted image in blue of rows of cros...

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