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On Watch

Date: 09 1958
Description: Silhouette of a guard patrolling while wearing a helmet and carrying a bayonet.
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Waiting at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A small group of refugees wait with luggage under an awning at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. An armed soldier stands behind them on the right. There is a tr...
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Owner of Nature Lovers Paradise Holding Ducks

Date: 
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man wearing a hat, jumpsuit, and mud boots holding a gun and ducks. He is identified as the owner of Nature Lovers Paradise resort on...
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African-American Students with Military Escort at Sturgis High School

Date: 09 11 1956
Description: African-American students escorted from Sturgis High School by armed National Guardsmen.
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...
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Scout II in Snow

Date: 1978
Description: View through corn of Scout parked in the snow. Two men in camouflage coats and hats are standing next to the Scout, and one man is holding a firearm. The S...
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Allied Soldiers

Date: 1916
Description: Allied soldiers gathered near an entrance to an unknown establishment. A sign in French above the entrance is not legible, but there is an image of a crick...
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Communication Line at Guatanamo

Date: 1960
Description: Soldier at a field call box in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Father Hoa on the Canal

Date: 1961
Description: Father Augustin Nguyen lac Hoa, the fighting priest, sits in a boat on the canal between Binh Hung and Tan Hung Tay. Father Hoa is in uniform and holds a r...
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Interrogating Prisoner

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldier interrogating a prisoner. The prisoner is describing a route of safe passage through the jungle and informing the 1st Vietnamese Marine ...
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South Vietnamese Patrol

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers from the Sea Swallow Army wading along a canal on patrol near the village of Binh Hung. Grass buildings are in the background nea...
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Helicopter Reconnaissance Squad

Date: 1962
Description: Marine crew chief Nelson West and several South Vietnamese soldiers patrol an area near Vinh Quoi from a helicopter.
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Vietnamese Soldier with Spoils of Victory

Date: 04 1961
Description: Soldiers from the 5th Division of the Vietnamese Army posing with a Russian flag, a Viet Cong flag, and rifles, seized after a victorious battle near the t...
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Security at the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Nine Secret Service agents and police, all men, are standing around the doors at the entrance to the Janesville Conference Center which is hosting the Dona...
Drawing

Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac Champlain

Date: 1609
Description: Illustration of an elevated view of a battle between Iroquois tribe and French on the banks of river. The Iroquois are unclothed and armed with bows and ar...
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Duck Hunter

Date: 1939
Description: A man wearing waders and smoking a pipe, is sitting and holding several ducks on his lap, and has his shotgun resting on his right leg. His left hand is re...
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Common Cause

Date: 1955
Description: Two men are standing in a garage and are dressed in hunting gear. One man is holding a gun, and the other man is holding a duck decoy. Their hunting dog i...
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Successful Hunt

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, left, and his brother Fred are posing holding a brace of six rabbits on a stick between them. Each man is holding a shotgun and there is...
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Hunting

Date: 12 21 1904
Description: Will von der Sump, center, is standing with two other men identified as Frank and August, in front of a large tree in an open wooded area. The men are hold...
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Duck Hunter

Date: 10 1968
Description: A duck hunter with his gun on his shoulder navigates a marsh using swamp skis. Another hunter is standing in the background.

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