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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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Vietnam Outpost

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Description: Dropping supplies at a South Vietnamese army outpost. Photographer Dickey Chapelle of Milwaukee was on board the helicopter as the drop was taking place.
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Blood Transport

Date: 03 1945
Description: Loading crates of blood at Falalop Island. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle that document the care of the wounded...
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TAG Operations, WWII

Date: 03 1945
Description: TAG operations on Falalop Island in the Pacific. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the latter stages of the ...
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Guerilla Justice

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man on ground. Algeria.
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Algerian Soldiers

Date: 1957
Description: Soldiers lined up in the Algerian desert.
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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1946
Description: Two soldiers huddle behind a 30mm machine gun. Part of a series of images made by Chapelle during World War II in the Pacific Ocean region, including image...
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Algerian Landscape

Date: 08 1957
Description: Trees and rock formations in the Algerian desert.
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Ban Hat Bay

Date: 1961
Description: Personnel on the mortar fire mission move toward the site in New Man's Land from which they'll fire. Laos.
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Rebels in the Atlas Mountains

Date: 1956
Description: Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains outdoors, making plans on a blackboard.
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C-47 Returns

Date: 03 1945
Description: A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee p...
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Escape from Hungary to Austria

Date: 11 29 1956
Description: A woman in a headscarf crosses an improvised bridge in the vicinity of the village of Tamsweg, escaping from Hungary to Austria.
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Sea Swallows Ambush

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Description: A man is positioned in crab-laden mud in which the Sea Swallows set up "the toughest ambush I've ever covered". Vietnam.
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Refugees Crossing Over

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Description: Refugees crossing over into Hungary.
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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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Soldiers Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers on patrol ford a stream in Panama.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers ford a stream in Panama holding their rifles.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers fording a stream in Panama holding rifles high.

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