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Escape from Hungary to Austria

Date: 11 29 1956
Description: A woman in a headscarf crosses an improvised bridge in the vicinity of the village of Tamsweg, escaping from Hungary to Austria.
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Dead Vietnamese Man

Date: 1961
Description: A dead Vietnamese man lays on the ground as a paratrooper prepares to fire bullets into the body.
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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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Dickey Chapelle with Vilma Espin

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle poses with Vilma Espin, who married Fidel Castro's brother Raul Castro. Also shown are two children (Espin and Castro's children?), and an ...
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Fidel Castro

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel Castro with cigar, and five other men.
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Captain Jeffers in South Vietnam

Date: 1961
Description: United States advisor Captain Jeffers has a meal with six Vietnamese men.
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Marine Helicopter

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Description: Uniformed men board helicopter with "Marines" on the side.
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Sea Swallows with Flag

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Description: Two members of the Sea Swallows display a captured Viet Cong flag. Vietnam.
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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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Algerian Man and Young Boy

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Description: A man shows a little boy (his son?) a gun.
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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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AVISO Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of an American Voluntary Information Services Overseas (AVISO) truck parked outdoors.
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Soldiers Moving Large Gun

Date: 1942
Description: Four shirtless soldiers strain to push a large gun over sandy terrain in Panama. Each man also wears a helmet and carries a backpack, a rifle, and a cantee...
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Hafezi Family Making Bread

Date: 1952
Description: Women of the Hafezi family making bread with ingredients supplied by United States aid to Iran. One of the women weaves a basket.
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Hungarians Crossing into Austria

Date: 11 28 1956
Description: Hungarian families crossing snowy grainfields into Austria near the village of Andau. They had walked at least ten miles over this terrain in near zero-deg...

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