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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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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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C-47 Returns

Date: 03 1945
Description: A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee p...
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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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Execution by Firing Squad

Date: 1957
Description: Members of the Algerian National Liberation Front form a firing squad and execute a man who claimed to have killed innocent men, women, and children in Alg...
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U.W. Mechanical Engineering Building Construction

Date: 10 02 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin Mechanical Engineering Building, under construction, looking northeast, showing scaffolding around building and Findorff Builders s...
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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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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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Group Photograph at Officer's Club

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman takes a photograph of Admiral Van Hook, Secretary Knox, and General Frank Andrews at Coco Solo Submarine Base Officer's Club.
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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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Fording a Stream

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Description: View from above of a soldier fording a stream with grassy banks near Fort Davis, Panama, holding his rifle over his head. He is wearing fatigues and a bac...
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Hacking a Path Through a Jungle

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Description: A soldier hacks a path through a jungle in Panama with a machete while smoking a cigarette.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers ford a stream in Panama holding their rifles.

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