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Vietnamese Training

Date: 06 1962
Description: Training exercise for South Vietnamese soldiers in helicopter deployment. This photograph of the early stages of American involvement in the war in Vietna...
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M*A*S*H Helicopters

Date: 1960
Description: Bell Model 47 light observation helicopters during a training exercise at Fort Benning, Georgia. One of the most popular helicopters ever built, the Model ...
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Fort Benning

Date: 1960
Description: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike), as commander-in-chief, inspects a soldier at an exhibition at Fort Benning.
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Paratrooper Training

Date: 07 1963
Description: A view of special forces training taken by freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle inside a C-47 transport plane. The photograph shows the preparations for ...
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Lewis Arms with Military Tanks

Date: 1960
Description: Lewis Arms sits on a military tank at the Park Street United States Army Reserve Center.
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Lewis Arms Eating Chow

Date: 1960
Description: Lewis Arms, wearing army gear, eats chow outdoors.
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Dickey Chapelle Prepares for a Jump

Date: 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle being outfitted with a parachute in preparation for a jump from a plane at Fort Bragg.
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Sea Swallow Training

Date: 10 1961
Description: An explosive is detonated by an instructor between rows of crawling Vietnamese Sea Swallow trainees at Binh Hung. The training was intended to teach them t...
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Troops at Fort McCoy

Date: 1961
Description: Lewis Arms (sitting in front on the left) and two other soldiers posing on a tank at Fort McCoy.
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Riding the Tank

Date: 1961
Description: Several soldiers (possibly including Lewis Arms) riding along a tank trail in a tank at Fort McCoy.
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Soldiers Waiting to Travel

Date: 1962
Description: A group of soldiers waiting together to go to Fort Knox.
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Soldiers Resting

Date: 1963
Description: Three soldiers kneeling or sitting on the ground under trees. The soldier on the left is holding his helmet near his chest and is looking downward.

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