One Great Photo
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One Great Photo

Children at Al Tash Refugee Camp keep busy as members of the 1st Marine Division civil affairs team deliver medical supplies and water storage units to the Kurdish refugees…

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Ambush on the Dak Po (1969)
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Ambush on the Dak Po (1969)

After Action Interview Report

Ambush at the Dak Po

21-22 January 1969

Binh Dinh Province, RVN, grid coordinates BR 337461.

Company A, 1st Battalion (Mech), 50th Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade.

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De-gassing the Trenches (1918)
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De-gassing the Trenches (1918)

86. (a) CLEARING TRENCHES.–The fan blade is placed on the ground with the brace side downwards, the man using it being in a slightly crouching position with the left foot advanced, the right hand grasping the handle at the neck and the left hand near the butt end. The fan is brought up quickly over the right shoulder, and then smartly flicked to the ground.

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Soviet Hearts & Minds in Afghanistan (1988)

“There is no single piece of land in this country which has not been occupied by a Soviet soldier. Nevertheless, the majority of the territory remains in the hands of the rebels …”

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Tar & Feathers (1861?)

One day a man with very strong anti-Union sentiments was caught putting a villainous compound into the spring from whence the regiment obtained drinking-water.

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Rescue by Periscope, How to (1945)
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Rescue by Periscope, How to (1945)

Where a submarine is unable to approach a survivor on the surface because of the proximity of enemy shore batteries or strafing by enemy planes, the submarine may attempt to pick up the survivor by approaching submerged and towing him by periscope to a position where it can surface.

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