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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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Earth Day March near Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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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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Safehouse Motel

Date: 1959
Description: Motel that was formerly a clandestine safe-house for the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution. Parking lot with a blue car in front of a pink,...
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People in Countryside, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: A man wearing a straw hat is sitting on the ground holding a baby in the countryside in Cuba. A woman sitting behind him is looking at the photographer. Th...
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Luang Prabang Airport Runway

Date: 05 1961
Description: The wide dirt expanse of the Luang Prabang airport runway, Laos. A man is walking across a runway, and a plane is on another runway near a wooden building ...
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Lao Infantrymen near Tents

Date: 1961
Description: Three Lao infantrymen stand outside near of tents in the Keukacham village.
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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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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Wood carts and drivers on a street in Sarajevo, about a year before the city fell to the Germans.
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Sarajevo Cemetery

Date: 1940
Description: A Yugoslavian cemetery in Sarajevo photographed by journalist Alvin Steinkopf about one year before the city fell to the Germans.
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Wausau Wheelers

Date: 06 1987
Description: Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin biking with the Wausau Wheelers.
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Child Looking at Sculpture of George Washington

Date: 1976
Description: View looking down hill towards a girl holding an American flag near a highway. Jane Leeney, in red, white, and blue pants, shirt, and hat is watching a tru...
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Workers and Crane at a Limestone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Two workers and a large yellow crane at a limestone quarry. There are large blocks of roughly cut limestone, and numerous trees are in the background. The ...
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Workers in Stone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a...
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1977 International Scout Terra

Date: 1977
Description: A man driving a white International Scout Terra over a grassy field. There is a large cloud of dust behind the Scout, and rolling green hills and a mountai...
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1977 International Scout SS II Off-Roading

Date: 1977
Description: A man driving a red International Scout SS II comes over the crest of a sand dune while off-roading in the desert.
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1977 International Scout SS II Driving Down a Sand Dune

Date: 1977
Description: A man drives a red International Scout SS II down a steep sand dune.
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Dickey Chapelle Taking Cover

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle in Lebanon wearing camouflaged clothing and a helmet crouched low to the ground and holding a camera. She is next to and behind a soldier w...
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U.S. Navy Patrol at Guantanamo

Date: 11 1960
Description: View from side of road of a helicopter flying low over a hilly rural road with grass, wildflowers and trees at Guantanamo, Cuba. A chain link fence topped ...
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Helicopter over Vietnam

Date: 11 1965
Description: A helicopter flies in the sky, with tree-covered hills in the background. In the foreground are several U.S. Marine transport vehicles. Soldiers are workin...

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