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Chapelle Selfie

Date: 1962
Description: Dickie Chapelle self-portrait in Vietnam. A shot we would currently call a "selfie." She is outdoors and wears a hat and smokes a cigarette.
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Dickey Chapelle with FLN

Date: 08 1957
Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle sits with Algerian members of the National Liberation Front dressed as a member of the FLN. She is wearing a head scarf and ho...
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Dickey Chapelle Taking Cover

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle in Lebanon wearing camouflaged clothing and a helmet crouched low to the ground and holding a camera. She is next to and behind a soldier w...
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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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FLN Member Jumping with Knife

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front poses as 'attacking' Dickey Chapelle from a boulder in the desert. He is jumping off a boulder with a l...
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FLN Members with NATO Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members show an unexploded bomb to Dickey Chapelle, proving NATO's involvement in the war. The men are crouched around t...
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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Wounded South Vietnamese Soldier

Date: 1961
Description: Soldier assisting a wounded South Vietnamese soldier.
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FLN Member "Attacking"

Date: 08 1957
Description: A National Liberation Front member wearing fatigues is pretending to attack Dickey Chapelle in the Algerian Desert. He is running and holding his bayonet i...
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Portrait of Dickey Chapelle by Colleague

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Dickey Chapelle. "When I had earned my Vietnamese paratrooper wings (left pocket in picture), I was also given a special jump pack desi...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Communication Line at Guatanamo

Date: 1960
Description: Soldier at a field call box in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Guantanamo, North East Gate

Date: 1959
Description: Night view of the northeast gate of the U.S. base at Guantanamo.
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Vietnmese Marines with a Radio

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese Marines operating a radio in the field.
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Flight Nurse in Training

Date: 1945
Description: Flight nurse student checking on two patients sleeping in bunks.
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Chinese National Marine Firing a Gun

Date: 1961
Description: View from behind of a Chinese National Marine firing a gun at night in Laos.
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Algerian FLN Member

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front posing for a photograph in a cave.
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Flight Nurses Training in Anoxia Chamber

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Description: Flight nurses wearing leather suits, hoods, and oxygen masks during training in an anoxia chamber.
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Algerian FLN Member

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front poseing for a photograph outside of a cave.
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Algerian Man Adjusting Turban

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front adjusting his turban in a cave.

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