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Dickey Chapelle with Special Forces Group

Date: 06 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle receives a last minute pre-jump inspection from the 5th Special Forces Group.
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Dickey Chapelle with a Pilot

Date: 1939
Description: Dickey Chapelle, in a helmet and goggles, poses next to another pilot in front of an airplane.
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Dickey Chapelle with an Airplane

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Description: Dickey Chapelle getting into a small airplane. She is wearing a pilot's helmet, goggles and a scarf, and is carrying a parachute.
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Paratrooper Training

Date: 07 1963
Description: A view of special forces training taken by freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle inside a C-47 transport plane. The photograph shows the preparations for ...
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Helicopter Cockpit

Date: 06 1962
Description: Helicopter cockpit showing the pilot's view of the Vietnamese Delta region below. This photograph was taken by Milwaukee freelance photographer Dickey Chap...
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Vietnam Helicopter Mission

Date: 06 1962
Description: A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The ...
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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

Date: 1940
Description: "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo...
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Communication Line at Guatanamo

Date: 1960
Description: Soldier at a field call box in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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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 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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Navy Doctors Performing Surgery

Date: 1945
Description: Three male medical personnel operate on a wounded soldier while a female medic administers anaesthetic.
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VN Ahn Edek Operation Quiet Fire

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers pause during a speed march through a rice field.
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Camouflaged Algerian Rebel

Date: 1957
Description: Member of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) standing in an arid landscape and camouflaged with dried grasses.
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Soldiers on a Hillside, Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Three soldiers navigate down a rocky hillside covered with low-lying vegetation.
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Helicopter Gunner

Date: 1962
Description: Portrait of a helicopter gunner at his gun in an H-21 Army helicopter in the mountain region of Vietnam.
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Sweat Shed

Date: 1965
Description: Large group of soldiers with packs and gear in a hangar. More packs and gear are near numbered areas in the foreground.
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Helicopter and Plane, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Two men stand next to a military helicopter at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A silver plane is just taking off in the background.
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Vietnamese Soldier in Helicopter

Date: 1962
Description: Vietnamese soldier in a helicopter, holding a rifle and looking out the open door at the countryside of Vietnam.
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Search and Clear Mission

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of group of soldiers walking in an open field on a "search and clear" mission near Da Nang. Hills are in the background.

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