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The youngest US Serviceman to serve and fight during WWII, Calvin Graham, who was serving in the United States Navy in 1942 at 12 years old as a gunner on the USS South Dakota.
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"Aw, take the day off, pal, what have you got to lose? - Lay-Offs cost lives! - KEEP'EM FIRING!" WWII Poster - 1942
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US Marines use a flamethrower to clear a tunnel of Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima Island, 1945.
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A French woman has her head shaved by civilians as a penalty for having consorted with German troops, 1944
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Miner father gives a warm smile to his little baby, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, September of 1938
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Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944
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Colombian police destroying cocaine after a major bust by dumping it at sea (Time magazine, 25 February 1985)
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