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Letter from Dickey Chapelle

Date: 03 28 1945
Description: A page of a letter written by Dickey Chapelle to Daniel Mich describing arrival by air to an unspecified location for a mission.
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Dickey Chapelle and Family

Date: 12 25 1943
Description: Informal portrait of Dickey Chapelle (back left), her husband Tony Chapelle (back center), her brother Bob Meyer (back right), and her parents Paul Meyer a...
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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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Dead Soldier

Date: 
Description: Dead soldier in a glass fronted coffin during the Cuban Revolution.
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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Dickey Chapelle at Matrix Dinner

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Dickey Chapelle sitting and talking and smoking a cigarette prior to speaking at the Theta Sigma Pi Matrix Dinner in Memorial Union's Great Hall.
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Anh Le Vuong, The Bride

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong weeps at her wedding to Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Two men are standing behind her.
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Anh Le Vuong and Wedding Officiant

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong weeps during her wedding in Binh Hung, Vietnam. The officiant behind her is wearing a dark garment.
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Anh Le Vuong

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong wipes her tears during her wedding to Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietnam. A man is standing on the left.
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Anh Le Vuong's Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong is escorted down the aisle during her wedding to Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietnam.
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President Manuel Urrutia Lleó Shaking Hands

Date: 01 1959
Description: President Manuel Urrutia Lleó shaking hands with men in suits in Havana, Cuba during the celebration of the success of the Cuban Revolution.
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Laughing Marine

Date: 04 05 1945
Description: Soldier L. Heims, seated outdoors on the back of a loaded vehicle, smiling broadly while reading a letter. Other smiling soldiers are in the background.
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Shooting from "The Hole"

Date: 12 1958
Description: A soldier in Castro's forces at the battle for the village of LaMaya, Cuba. He is firing from a position known as "The Hole."
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Work Campers' Prayers

Date: 1946
Description: Young people at a Quaker work camp praying before a meal. A list of chores and a daily schedule is written on a chalkboard in the background.
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Anh Le Vuong at Her Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong weeps into her handkerchief during her wedding to Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Another woman is standing in the foreground on the left.
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Crewman Eating Dinner

Date: 06 1942
Description: A member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta eating dinner while in the Caribbean. The man is wearing a button-up shirt and is sitting at...
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Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Tien Vinh Le holding flowers and standing outdoors on his wedding day in Binh Hung, Vietnam.
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Attendants at the Le Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: A portrait of five women, standing in a line outdoors, who are attendants of the bride at the wedding of Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietna...
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Anh Le Vuong's Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Anh Le Vuong is escorted down the aisle as her wedding ceremony begins in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Her attendants are standing in a line on the right.
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Wedding at Binh Hung

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Tien Vinh Le on his wedding day in the village of Binh Hung, Vietnam. He wears a suit and tie, and holds a bouquet of flowers.

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