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Battle hardened United States Marines rest for a moment in front of a blown out Japanese coastal gun emplacement during the battle of Iwo Jima, February, 1945.

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The First Time an Airplane Landed on a Ship: the US Navy ship USS Pennsylvania, anchored in San Francisco Bay; from above is Eugene Ely piloting a Curtiss Model D biplane for a landing on a platform constructed on the stern (note sandbags on either side of platform); January 18, 1911.

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The Lincoln Memorial in the process of being assembled, Washington, DC 1922

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Danish civilians begin widespread strikes and riots against the German occupation in August of 1943.

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An Abrams tank next to the burning Branch Davidian compound after the Waco Siege. Waco, Texas, 1993.

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Lewis Powell, 1865, shortly before his execution. Also known as Lewis Payne and Lewis Paine, was an American citizen who attempted to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward on April 14, 1865. He was a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth

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