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The real first photograph of the Chernobyl disaster, 8 hours after the explosion. 26/4/1986
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Philippe Pétain, head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944, on trial for treason at the Palais de Justice, Paris. Pétain was previously considered a war hero after leading the French Army in WWI. 30 July 1945
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A USCG member explores tunnels on Iwo Jima in 1983, nearly 40 years after the devastating battle against Japan. Live artillery shells untouched since the war are at right. The tunnel itself still had live munitions and Japanese remains from where they fell in battle.
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General Tahsin Yazici Celebrating Sargent Necdet Ayhan after successfully repelling a Chinese attack - Korean War 1952
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This young lady grew up to become my lovely wife. This is she in 1957.
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I helped my dad and his twin sister recreate this photo from 1954 for their 75th birthday
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The Arctic ocean photographed in the same place, 107 years ago vs today. (1918)
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