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Soldiers Resting by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers resting by a cliff in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Vilma Espin in center.
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FLN Members in Formations

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of National Liberation Front members stand at attention in front of another member with a rifle on his shoulder. The men are preparing for training...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube...
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FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian members of the National Liberation Front sitting at the entrance of a cave having tea. Rifles are leaning against the rocks behind them. The men a...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L test a homemade incendiary device in a gravelly clearing in the Everglades. One man holds a brown box and ...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of a homemade incendiary device being tested by two men of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in the Everglades. The brown box has wires connected ...
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Fire from Incendiary, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Small fire in the Everglades from a homemade incendiary device made by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. A member of the group is throwing rocks on the fi...
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Cans for Homemade Explosives, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of cans used for homemade explosives by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. The cans are sitting on a table with a lamp, a bowl and books of matche...
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Commandos L Camouflaging Explosive

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L spray painting a homemade explosive device with a camouflage pattern under a covered porch. Parked cars and tre...
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FLN Training in Mine Setting

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members practice what it would be like to set a mine in the field. One man is digging a hole while a group of men watch ...
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Lao Infantry Laying Explosives

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry laying explosives forward of lines in the vicinity of Luang Prabang, Laos. A soldier stands in a clearing in a wooded area....
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Loa Infantryman Cooking

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantryman preparing a meal in a clearing in the Luang Prabang vicinity, Laos. A number of brightly-colored plates and bowls with f...
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Luang Prabang Airport Runway

Date: 05 1961
Description: The wide dirt expanse of the Luang Prabang airport runway, Laos. A man is walking across a runway, and a plane is on another runway near a wooden building ...
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Lao Infantry Unit Laying Explosives

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry unit laying explosives forward of lines in the vicinity of Luang Prabang, Laos. A man is bent over working on a silver wire...
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Aerial View, Luang Prabang

Date: 05 1961
Description: Aerial view of the town of Luang Prabang, Laos. Trees are interspersed among houses and roads and green mountains encircle the town. The golden roof of Pho...
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Lao Infantry Playing Cards

Date: 05 1961
Description: Group of Colonel Bounchon's Lao infantrymen playing cards in the field. The soldiers sit or stand around a blanket where cards, money and cigarettes are la...
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Refugees at Luang Prabang Airport, Laos

Date: 05 1961
Description: Three refugees posing for a picture in front of a corrugated structure for shade at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. Two soldiers stand in the background a...
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Lao Infantrymen Hiking

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry men on mission to lay explosives behind lines. Three men are hiking up a hill. Rolling green mountains are visible in the b...
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Kekacham Settlement with Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos with American special forces and Lao infantrymen. Two soldiers talk near a tent and another works atop a mud-spattered jeep.
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Tank and Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: View of Keukacham village, Laos from behind a tank. A partially thatched building is in the foreground and other buildings on a dirt road are visible in th...

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