Captain Martin Clemens (rear centre), a ‘coastwatcher’ on Guadalcanal, provided intelligence to Allied forces in advance of the battle for the island. The men with him are members of the Solomon Islands police force. (1942) [2833×2281]

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The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali for the first time in 1964 [500×620]

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Elizabeth L. Gardner, WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) member, at the controls of a B-26 Marauder at Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas; circa 1942-44, exact date unknown [2309X2887]

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US Government mockups of how Hitler could have disguised himself (1940s) [620×514]

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The head of the Statute of Liberty was displayed at the 1878 Paris World’s Fair. [800×997]

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7’3” jakob nacken (221 cm) the tallest nazi soldier ever chatting with 5’3” (160 cm) canadian corporal bob roberts after surrendering to him near calais, france in september of 1944 (colorized by me) [1434×1976]

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