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Pvt. W. Chickersy, of Bethlehem, PA, stops to read a grim reminder outside Metz, France, September 1944. (Signal Corps photo)
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French soldiers from the 157th Alpine Rifle Regiment bury their comrades in a shell crater in Bouzonville, France. September, 1914.
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2 ladies pose their dogs, one a diminute Chihuahua and gigantic unknown race of canine, Circa 1923. If you know its kind would be of great help.
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These are the nuclear test mannequins used in the 1950s to test the effects of atomic blasts on humans (1000x640)
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Raúl Pellegrin, a Chilean exile and guerrilla leader trained by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, who fought in Nicaragua, and illegally returned to Chile to fight the Pinochet regime. He was captured by Chilean authorities in 1988 and tortured to death. Circa 1984.
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Pfc. Robert A. Vincent, L.I., N.Y., offers K rations to Okinawan children, found in Gusukuma during the drive to Machinato airstrip, May 1945.
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My Oma in the aftermath of WWII. Her uncle was shot and her father was sent to an internment camp for criticizing Hitler and the Third Reich. She was 18 in this photo (1952)
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South African Riot Police playing soccer with youths in Nyanga Township, Western Cape Province. 27th August 1976.
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Bruce Springsteen in 1970 at 20 years old, unaware that one day he'd sell 164 million records and win 20 Grammys.
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Sergeant John Peter Bailey, Company F of the 6th Ohio Cavalry, dies at the home of his parents in Newton Falls, Ohio. Postmortem photograph taken with his father Reuben, March 1865.
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