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Bank Burning Money, Tezpur, Assam

Date: 1962
Description: Bank burning money in Tezpur, Assam during the Sino-Indian Border Conflict. The large pile of paper is steadily burning and a group of men are watching fro...
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Limousine on Havana Street

Date: 1959
Description: Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve...
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Salon Cristal, Havana Cuba

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Description: View down a covered Havana sidewalk at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Small groups of civilians are standing around and walking. A large sign for the Sa...
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Santiago Veranda at Night

Date: 1959
Description: Veranda in Santiago, Cuba at night with tables and chairs lit by a hanging lamp. The veranda looks down onto city lights and the bay at sunset.
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Aerial View, Luang Prabang

Date: 05 1961
Description: Aerial view of the town of Luang Prabang, Laos. Trees are interspersed among houses and roads and green mountains encircle the town. The golden roof of Pho...
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Tank and Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: View of Keukacham village, Laos from behind a tank. A partially thatched building is in the foreground and other buildings on a dirt road are visible in th...
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Wrecked Building, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Entrance to a wrecked building destroyed by the Viet Cong in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam. The building is filled with brick debris and has a sign that reads, "Quàn ...
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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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Burning Rubble in Building

Date: 06 1962
Description: Interior of a wrecked building in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, after a Viet Cong attack. Plaster from the walls and pieces of the roof form a heap of charred rubble...
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Window and Roof Remnants, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Interior of a window on a wrecked house in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam after a Viet Cong attack. One shutter hangs askew from the otherwise burned out window. Charr...
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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...
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Humanitarian Medical Treatment Mission, Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Joint MEDICO/U.S. Army humanitarian medical treatment mission to a forward village near the Laoation border in the mountain region of Vietnam. A man in fat...
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Funeral, Binh Hung

Date: 06 1962
Description: Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roo...
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Vietnamese Children and American Soldiers

Date: 1962
Description: View through barbed wire fence of a group of about 35 school-aged Vietnamese children standing around two American soldiers in front of a large peach and w...
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Main Street in a Vietnamese Town

Date: 1962
Description: Main street in a Vietnamese town. A woman carrying a baby is crossing the unpaved and puddle-dotted street. Other adults and children are standing on the s...
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Dickey Chapelle with Donkey

Date: 1945
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing a heavy coat and kneeling to feed hay to a donkey next to a cart on a street in a city in Geurande, France. She has a camera around...
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Sgt. Glen Meunier Wounded

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: U.S. paratrooper Sgt. Glen Meunier of Port Charlotte, Florida, laying on the ground next to a building after being shot through his right thigh by a rebel ...
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Blockade at Santo Domingo

Date: 1965
Description: View from rooftop of a blockaded street in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, seen from a U.S. Marine position. A large group of civilians, mainly women, s...
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United States Embassy in Hungary

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Description: A group of people gather outside of the American Embassy in Hungary.

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