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Opening day of the first McDonald's restaurant in Poland. Warsaw, June 17, 1992. Photo by Cezary Słomiński.
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Eleven Okinawa civilians who were huddled in this hillside cave were rescued when a passing Marine patrol heard a baby crying. After being assured that no harm would come to them they emerged from their hideout and here a Leatherneck lends a hand to a mother and baby, 1945.
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The town of Ellenton, South Carolina was razed to make way for the Savannah River Site, to manufacture components for nuclear weapons. One of the town's residents put up this roadside memorial at the city limits sign, 1950
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The crew of Eagle 7, an M26 Pershing attached to the 3rd Armored Division made famous for knocking out a Panther by Koln Cathedral on the 6th March 1945. An event that remains one of the clearest tank duels ever recorded
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Children swearing allegiance to the Little Red Book during the Cultural Revolution. China, 1971
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Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896
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The Common Court of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, from the left a French judge, the president of the court (appointed by the impartial King of Spain) and a British judge. After the last president retired in 1939, the position was abolished. 1914
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Elements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" advancing towards Voronezh during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943
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Coronation of King George VI, London, 1937. Photo by Henry Cartier-Bresson. .
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