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Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu, an F6F Hellcat pilot with VF-16 onboard the USS Lexington after shooting down 6 D4Y Judy Dive bombers in a span of 8 minutes in what became known as the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot during the battle of the Philippine Sea, 19th June 1944
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill fires a 'Tommy' gun alongside American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, as American soldiers look on in March, 1944.
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Russian soldiers killed near the Daugava River during the Battle of Riga, World War I, September 1917.
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Johnny Cash performs at Folsom State Prison, California, 13 January 1968
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A Boy Sitting In The Wreckage Of A Building Shortly After A Bombing Raid Of London, England During World War 2 in January, 1945.
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An American Marine poses for a photo with dead Haitian rebels after being killed by machinegun fire during the US Occupation from 1915 to 1934
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On the 8th of May 1945, under the direction of Karl Dönitz, Germany surrendered to the allies ending World War 2 in Europe. These soldiers of the 77th Division listen news of the German surrender 5700 miles away on Okinawa.
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Entrance to the prisoner of war (POW) compound at Núi Đất, which housed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) prisoners, August 1971.
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Major Jim Howard (Left) talks with his crew chief Ssgt M. P. Price stand on the wing of his P51B Mustang. On the 11th January 1944 he shot down 3 German aircraft attacking B17s on his own and outnumbered 1-30, an action that earned him the Medal of Honor
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RMS Lusitania departing New York, the last known photograph of her before her sinking. 1 May 1915
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