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Kiribati warrior in armor and with a weapon made of shark’s teeth, circa 1890

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Kaw-U-Tz, a young Caddo Indian woman, photo by George B. Cornish, 1906.

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Warner brothers in 1926. From left: Harry, Jack, Sam and Albert.

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Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the first MRI scanning machine, performing the first MRI scan on his assistant Larry Minkoff, 1977

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A G.I. shares his rations with two children on the island of Okinawa, 1945

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At least the war is over for him- German POW in a church in Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, France, 1944.

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U96 from "Das Boot" while being attacked with depth charges in the Atlantic ocean - 1943

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A 3-man German machine gun squad belonging to Gren. Rgt. 984, taken out by G.I.s of 117th or 120th Inf. Rgt. near Saint-Fromond, Normandy. 8 July 1944.

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Australian stretcher bearer, Corporal Leslie "Bull" Allen of the 2/5th Infantry Battalion, rescues an American soldier during fighting against the Japanese on Mount Tambu, New Guinea. 30 July 1943

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US Marines playfully "touch" a mushroom cloud, 1952.

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Vietnam: A female NLF (Viet Cong) guerrilla fighter, c. 1968

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Jefferson school pie eating contest. 2 August 1923

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