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Dickey Chapelle with Bullets

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Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle displays bullets and casings.
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Unexploded Aerial Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of men from the National Liberation Front (FLN) show an unexploded aerial bomb to Dickey Chapelle, demonstrating NATO involvement in the war.
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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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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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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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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Soldiers with Flag

Date: 1957
Description: Two soldiers hold a flag decorated with a crescent and a star.
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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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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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FLN Member Jumping with Knife

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front poses as 'attacking' Dickey Chapelle from a boulder in the desert. He is jumping off a boulder with a l...
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FLN Members with NATO Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members show an unexploded bomb to Dickey Chapelle, proving NATO's involvement in the war. The men are crouched around t...
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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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FLN Member "Attacking"

Date: 08 1957
Description: A National Liberation Front member wearing fatigues is pretending to attack Dickey Chapelle in the Algerian Desert. He is running and holding his bayonet i...
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Napalm Testing Camp Pendleton

Date: 1955
Description: Marine and bayonet silhouetted in a fiery blast of napalm. Taken during a napalm testing maneuver at Camp Pendleton.
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Wounded Men in a Foxhole

Date: 02 1945
Description: Wounded men are laying in a foxhole in Iwo Jima waiting to be moved to another location.
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Commandos L Covering Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, putting covers over newly manufactured explosive devices.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1945
Description: A two-man crew mans a .30mm machine gun in Panama. The men are wearing fatigues. There are trees in the background and plants in the foreground.
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Front at Nago

Date: 1945
Description: The front at Nago, Okinawa. A uniformed soldier stands on a rocky outcropping near bushes. Misty or smoky hillsides are visible in the background.

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