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Today is Martin Luther King’s Birthday. Here he is in 1964.
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During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Donald Ruhl took on eight Japanese defenders single-handedly, rescued a wounded Marine, and dove on a grenade, absorbing the explosion and saving the lives of several nearby Marines.
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Visit the USSR! 1960s
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General Montgomery with his puppies “Hitler” and “Rommel” at his mobile headquarters in Normandy, 6 July 1944
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Soldiers of the Mackenzie-Papineau battalion of the XV International Brigade hold up their banner. They were Canadian volunteers who fought for the Second Spanish Republic. Spanish civil war, photo taken 1937-1938. [1695 x 1000]
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Fidel Castro laughing at a newspaper headline while visiting New York in 1959 [634×674]
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Construction of USS Shenandoah (ZR 1) at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 29 May 1923.
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Actress Bea Arthur when she was in the US Marine Corps, 1943 [400×515]
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Front view of Nellie, experimental, 130 ton, British underground tank. Intended to advance on enemy positions at 0.5 mph at the bottom of a trench that it itself was digging. July 1941
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Silhouette of the Titanic at Queenstown on her maiden voyage, 1912. [900 x 695]
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Einstein drops the Wings of Pacifism and raise the Sword of preparedness against an increasingly hostile Germany, circa 1933.
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An Italian airman posing next to a Savoia Marchetti S.M.79 “Sparviero” of the 278th Torpedo Bomber Squadron, likely in Sicily or North Africa.
An Italian airman posing next to a Savoia Marchetti S.M.79 “Sparviero” of the 278th Torpedo Bomber Squadron, likely in Sicily or North Africa.
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In 1921, U.S. Marines were deployed as mail guards to prevent theft or robbery of precious cargoes. Mail robberies declined significantly after Marines began guarding the U.S. Mail. [2025 x 1173]
Crimea, Intourist, USSR, 1935