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Ali Khamenei in trench during Iran-Iraq war (1980s)
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1967, California. My mom at 7 years old in her Girl Scouts uniform, receiving a pin from her mom.
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John Denver and Johnny Cash sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in their only ever performance together, 1978
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An image of the most lethal sniper in history, the White Death. It is estimated that Simo Häyhä killed more than 500 enemy soldiers during the winter conflict. (1940)
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British Army Private Carl Hineatt, 19, leaves his IFV after it was set ablaze by petrol bombs in Basra, September 19, 2005. He suffered burns to almost 40% of his body and underwent 25 operations over five years.
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Skeletonized corpse of a German soldier outside a trench dugout near Beaumont Hamel, November 1916.
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Pro-segregation protester at the University with a prop, the same day the first 2 African american students were admited, 20 of January 1961
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A boy watches television for the first time through a shop window, 1948
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