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Welles as Dreedle

Date: 1970
Description: Orson Welles as General Dreedle in "Catch 22," the film version of Joseph Heller's classic anti-war story about Yossarian, a World War II bombardier desper...
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Tracy Plays Doolittle

Date: 1944
Description: Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle in a B-25 during a scene from "Thirty-Seconds Over Tokyo" (MGM 1944).
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Naval Air Station Waiting Room

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Description: Military personnel in the Naval Air Station waiting room. A sign on the wall reads: "Notice/ On this station salute/ square your hat/ hands out of pockets/...
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USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
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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...
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Wounded Marine on Phone

Date: 1945
Description: A woman with a badge marked "Bell Telephone System" is holding a telephone cradle while handing a wounded marine a telephone receiver. The marine is lying ...
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Robert Ryan in "Behind the Rising Sun"

Date: 1943
Description: Robert Ryan, as Lefty O'Doyle, is seen boxing against a man in a white martial arts uniform. Ryan has hit the man who is falling backwards. Japanese men in...
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Sands of Iwo Jima movie still

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Description: John Wayne and three other men sit on a hillside in a still from the 1949 film "Sands of Iwo Jima". All are dressed in battle fatigues and Wayne holds a f...

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