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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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Charles Richman, Mary Maurice, James Morrison, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ...
Book or Pamphlet

"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...
Photograph

William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in 1860s or 1870s period costume. They are apparently being guarded by two U.S. Army soldiers in this scene still for "A...
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Peace Through Victory

Date: 01 19 1968
Description: Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war.
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Sgt. Vincent Brencick, Injured Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Sgt. Vincent Brencick, USMC, IV Division, commander and sole survivor of the crew of the General Sherman tank Capetown, set afire by a mine. Sgt. Br...
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"Sky Devils" Props

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Description: Vintage World War airplanes used in the filming of "Sky Devils" (1932), a motion picture produced by Howard Hughes.
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Hospital Ship USS Samaritan

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Description: Deck of the hospital ship USS Samaritan at sea. There are various forms of bedding and mattresses airing out on the railings and on the deck.
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Doctor Tends to Wounded Man

Date: 02 1945
Description: Lt. Commander Leonard (Leo) Thelen, Commanding Officer of the hospital, taking the pulse of a Marine line officer whose legs have been injured by shrapnel.
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Medic and Wounded Marine

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag.
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Ray Myers and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: Ray Myers courts Ethel Grandin as they sit on a boulder in a scene still from "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." Behind them is a smal...
Photograph

Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Date: 1954
Description: Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot...
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Sea Swallows with Flag

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Description: Two members of the Sea Swallows display a captured Viet Cong flag. Vietnam.
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Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle dressed in military clothing wading through a swamp in Vietnam.
Poster

Poster for "The War of Wealth"

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph poster for "The War of Wealth." In the picture, a crowd of adults is surrounding a child, one man reaching to grab the girl's hand. At the...
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 1969
Description: Poster advertising screenings of Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary "In the Year of the Pig," as promoted by the Committee on Vietnam in New Zealand. The ...
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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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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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