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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Blood Transport

Date: 03 1945
Description: Loading crates of blood at Falalop Island. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle that document the care of the wounded...
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TAG Operations, WWII

Date: 03 1945
Description: TAG operations on Falalop Island in the Pacific. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the latter stages of the ...
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Algerian Soldiers

Date: 1957
Description: Soldiers lined up in the Algerian desert.
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Ban Hat Bay

Date: 1961
Description: Personnel on the mortar fire mission move toward the site in New Man's Land from which they'll fire. Laos.
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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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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Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel Castro is seated with his constant companion Celia Sanchez, and Vilma Espin, who sits to Castro's left. Cuba.
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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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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
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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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Rebels in the Atlas Mountains

Date: 1956
Description: Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains outdoors, making plans on a blackboard.
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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1945
Description: A two-man crew mans a .30mm machine gun in Panama. The men are wearing fatigues. There are trees in the background and plants in the foreground.
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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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Soldiers Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers on patrol ford a stream 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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Soldier with Compass

Date: 07 1942
Description: A patrol officer from the 14th Infantry, based in Fort Davis, Panama, follows his compass through the jungle. The patrol officer has a small cigarette in o...
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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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Jungleer Patrol Fording a Stream

Date: 1942
Description: Rear view of soldiers holding their rifles above their heads as they ford a stream in Panama.

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