Commencement exercises (wwi), Annapolis, 6th June 1929.
National Photo Company (glass negative). Uncredited photographer. src: Library of Congress
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James Gibson :: Cumberland Landing, Va. Federal encampment on Pamunkey River, Va. [1 negative (2 plates, this is the right plate): glass, stereograph, wet collodion.], May
1862 / src: Library of Congress
Fort Brady, Va. Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 1864 [1 negative (2 plates, this one is the left plate) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion.] source: Library of Congress
[Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James,
June 1864-April 1865. Photograph of three officers, Company C, 1st
Connecticut Heavy Artillery.]
“Japs, hiding in a barge with rifles and grenades, took the lives of
these three American fighters who were mopping up on the last day of the
Buna Gona battle in New Guinea, last January. Beach and barge action
was the bloodiest and most fierce of any Buna action, and these boys are
among those who lost their lives but helped win the battle.” Published
Sept 13, 1943 for release on September 17, 1943. [LIFE Magazine] src: here
The photo, taken by George Stock in January 1943, was controversial
because it depicted the bodies of American GIs. It took nine months to
get the War Department to approve publishing the image. The decision
finally went all the way to President Roosevelt, who authorized its
publication because he was concerned that the American public was
growing complacent about the war and its terrible cost on human life. It
was the first image in World War II to depict American troops who had
died in combat without the bodies being draped, in coffins, or otherwise
covered.
The photo by George Strock for LIFE magazine is now acknowledged as a war classic. /
image source: nzgeo
Max Dupain :: The dozing soldier (Tired Soldier in Train North Queensland), 1943
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Portrait of Two Military Men (Soldiers) Sitting on Stairway. Affectionate Pose. no date, place unknown / source: DandDphotos
“SANDSTORM” – a soldier with his head tilted bracing against the blowing sand during a “Sand Storm in Training Camp” during the Mexican Revolution.
A. Abbas :: A Mujahid of the Hezbi-Islami (Islamic party led by
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar) guards the road to the capital, near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992
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