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Helicopters in the Delta Region

Date: 06 1962
Description: Distant view of U.S helicopters over the Delta Region of South Vietnam taken by Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer from Milwaukee.
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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Dickey Chapelle Receiving Polk Award

Date: 04 13 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle receiving the George Polk Memorial Award from William Lawrence of The New York Times at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Algerian Soldiers with Newspaper

Date: 1957
Description: Soldiers sit on the ground outdoors in a rocky area in Algeria reading newspapers.
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Dickey Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 11 1964
Description: Dickey Chapelle on the Don Phuc command post, in front of a stack of sandbags, on the Vietnam-Cambodia frontier. Chapelle resided at this post for 34 days,...
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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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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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Helicopters Over Rice Fields

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Description: Elevated view of helicopters flying over rice fields in Vietnam.
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Students in Iraq

Date: 1952
Description: Group of boys seated on the floor of a school with paper and pencils. The school was built with U.S. aid.
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Officers Consult Map

Date: 1942
Description: Officers and non-commissioned officers squatting to consult a map on the ground near Fort Davis, Panama. The men are wearing fatigues and have sub-machine ...
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: A member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Navy Plane

Date: 08 15 1958
Description: Aerial view of a U.S. Navy plane scouting the borders of Lebanon.
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Soldiers Reading a Map

Date: 1965
Description: View of five soldiers in Vietnam, some of whom are reading a map, and others smoking cigarettes.
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Soldiers Consulting a Map

Date: 11 1965
Description: A group of U.S. soldiers seated near a brick building in Vietnam consulting a map.
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Lifeboat Drills Aboard a Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: Sailors aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta practice lifeboat drills in the Caribbean. All the men are wearing life jackets, and two ...
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Eyedroppers on Newspaper

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of a collection of eyedroppers on a newspaper and metal canisters at the barracks/armory of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L. Eyedroppers were p...
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Soldiers Inspect Papers

Date: 1962
Description: An American soldier inspects the papers of a Vietnamese man in the countryside along a river. Vietnamese soldiers and a boy are grouped around him.
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Helicopters over Rice Paddies

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of four U.S. Marine helicopters banking over an expanse of rice paddies in Vietnam. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky.
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Payday for Army

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers gathered around a table where a woman, the "paymistress," sits with payroll sheets. The men are collecting their pay in the villa...

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