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Painting

Battle of Bad Axe

Date: 
Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
Print

George Washington Crossing the Delaware

Date: 
Description: Engraving of George Washington and his troops rowing across an icy Delaware River to attack the British, from the painting by E. Leutze.
Photograph

Marines Pulling Trailer from Mud

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull an ammunition trailer from the mud. The original caption reads: "JAPANESE A...
Photograph

Break on Patrol, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers rest by a river in Oriente Province while on patrol during the Cuban Revolution. They are sitting on a rocky bank of the riv...
Photograph

Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: Helilift of corpses after a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop mats on the ground in a field. S...
Photograph

Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: In the aftermath of Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi, corpses await helilift. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop woven mats in a ...
Photograph

River Crossing to Outpost

Date: 06 1962
Description: U.S. Army advisor Major M.C. Curley and soldiers crossing a river in the delta region of Vietnam in a small boat to visit an outpost. A large building, a m...
Photograph

Canal, Binh Hung

Date: 1962
Description: Canal in Binh Hung Vietnam with numerous small boats and a crowd of people walking alongside. In the background is a large cross and a number of large that...
Photograph

Soldiers Inspect Papers

Date: 1962
Description: An American soldier inspects the papers of a Vietnamese man in the countryside along a river. Vietnamese soldiers and a boy are grouped around him.
Photograph

Widening Irrigation Canal

Date: 1962
Description: Three farmers remove large chunks of earth from the side of an irrigation canal in Vietnam to widen it. One man stands with a tool on the bank to dislodge ...
Photograph

Sea Swallow Militia on Canal

Date: 11 1961
Description: Sea Swallows, an anti-communist Vietnamese militia, begin an operation by boats on a canal in the vicinity of Van Dinh, Vietnam. Militia members hold guns ...
Photograph

Vietnamese Rangers with Blindfolded Prisoner

Date: 05 1962
Description: Vietnamese Rangers escort a newly captured prisoner suspected of being Viet Cong down a gravel road in the vicinity of Bac Lien, Vietnam. The prisoner has ...
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
Historical Object

140 - Joy Camps Military Visitor

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one a man poses in a white military uniform holding his hat, with a lake and distant shore...
Poster

Side by Side Britannia!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia. Uncle Sam has a sword, and Britannia holds a shield with the Union Jack and a triton. A...

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