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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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Aircraft Carrier Landing

Date: 1950
Description: A crewman on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier signals to the pilot of an incoming U.S. Marine Corps CH-34 Choctaw helicopter. The landing was photographed by M...
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Iwo Jima Airfield

Date: 02 1945
Description: Airfield #1, Iwo Jima, with Mt Surabachi in the distance. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the assault on ...
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Helicopter Landing on Aircraft Carrier

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Description: A CH-37 Mojave helicopter landing on an aircraft carrier. This helicopter type could carry 26 troops or two jeeps. It was used for aircraft recovery in Vie...
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Wounded Marine in Iwo Jima

Date: 02 1945
Description: A marine from the USS "Samaritan" lays on a stretcher with his eyes bandaged.
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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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Franklin Hofele with Facial Wounds

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Description: Marine Franklin Hofele sits aboard the USS "Samaritan" with injuries.
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Transporting Wounded Soldiers

Date: 1945
Description: Overhead view of wounded soldiers being transported to the USS "Samaritan".
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Dicky Chapelle on Command Ship in Vietnam

Date: 1964
Description: On the top deck of the Vietnamese Navy's River Assault Group 23 command ship, on the Manhtit River, central Vietnam (vicinity Vinh Long), the "National Geo...
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Dicky Chapelle on Command Ship in Vietnam

Date: 1964
Description: On the top deck of the Vietnamese Navy's River Assault Group 23 command ship, on the Manhtit River, central Vietnam (vicinity Vinh Long), the "National Geo...
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Tank Landing Ship 929

Date: 04 04 1945
Description: Tank Landing Ship 929 during an operation in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Other ships are in the background.
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Wounded Marine on Ship Deck

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Description: A wounded Marine lays on a stretcher on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. The man later died.
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Wounded on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
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U.S.S. Franklin Crew

Date: 03 1945
Description: Crew of the U.S.S. Franklin watching a vaudeville performance from their hangar deck. The performance took place just seven days after the ship was ...
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Wounded Marine on Ship Deck

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Description: Marine Roy Elgin Jones lays wounded on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. A medic sits next to him filling out a card on a clipboard.
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Injured Marine After Treatment

Date: 1945
Description: Private first class, John W. Hood, wearing dogtags smiles after a blood transfusion on the USS Samaritan in Iwo Jima. He is bandaged and is holding ...
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Smiling Wounded Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Second Lieutenant Louis Connick smiling for a photograph aboard USS Samaritan, a hospital ship. He is lying in a bed and holding a cigarette. He is ...
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Nurse Feeding Wounded Man

Date: 1945
Description: A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. T...
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Nurse Sleeping

Date: 04 1945
Description: A nurse sleeping at battle stations aboard the USS Relief in the China Sea. The nurse is wearing a jumpsuit and has a piece of cloth tied in her hai...
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Body on Stretcher

Date: 1945
Description: A body on a stretcher is lying on the deck of the USS "Samaritan." The body is covered by a blanket, except for an arm which has a small tattoo. Behind the...

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