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“Why I, a Negro, who have fought through these years for the rights of my people, am here in Spain today? Because if we crush Fascism here, we will build us a new society–a society of peace and plenty. There will be no color line, no jim-crow trains, no lynchings." February 1937 (460x550)
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US tank driver killed in action on March 6, 1945, during a battle in Cologne Cathedral
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US soldiers taking the beach on Leyte Island, Philippines. 20 October 1944
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Gear loadout that the “Angels” of the 511th PIR, 11th Airborne packed for their combat jump onto Tagaytay Ridge, Luzon in January, 1945.
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The wedding of Arthur Oxford and Georgina Wright of Barking Road taking their wedding vows in the bombed out church of St Bartholomew's Church in East Ham London 1941
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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France located in Colleville-sur-Mer, established on June 8, 1944 contains the graves of 9,389 soldiers; including 45 pairs of brothers, a father and his son, an uncle and his nephew, 2 pairs of cousins, 3 generals, and 4 chaplains
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Aerial photograph of battleship Missouri during the Tokyo Bay surrender ceremony, 2 Sep 1945
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British champion weightlifter Ivy Russell, poses with her trophy after her victory over Tillie Tinmouth with the winning lift: 369.5 pounds, at 5ft 7, 126 pounds. 13 of April of 1932
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A crowd of African-American immigrants boards a ship bound for Liberia. New York, 21 March 1896.
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Victims of the French serial killer,Henri Désiré Landru, between 1915 and 1919. .
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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt delivering the eulogy at the funeral for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Ulm, Germany 18 October 1944. Rommel was given a state funeral in exchange for committing suicide after he was implicated in the 20 July plot against Hitler
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