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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
Photograph

Samson Passes Away

Date: 11 28 1981
Description: Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo...
Photograph

Executed Man

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man laying on ground as the final bullet is delivered. The execution was somehow bungled by the firing squad and this coup d'grace was required to...
Photograph

Guerilla Justice

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man on ground. Algeria.
Photograph

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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Dead Soldier

Date: 
Description: Dead soldier in a glass fronted coffin during the Cuban Revolution.
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Body on Stretcher

Date: 1945
Description: A body on a stretcher is lying on the deck of the USS "Samaritan." The body is covered by a blanket, except for an arm which has a small tattoo. Behind the...
Print

Repulse of the Highlanders

Date: 1985
Description: Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to...
Book or Pamphlet

"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...

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