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These maps show the boundaries of the Demilitarized Zone following the Armistice Agreement at the end of the Korean War.

The middle line (labelled 1) is the military demarcation line showing the border between North and South Korea. The lines on…

The Soviets intended to use this rocket and capsule to send humans to the moon. The program lacked funding and, after four failed attempts, the program was abandoned in 1974.

This political cartoon from a St. Louis newspaper sums up America’s despair over the successful Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth. This cartoon alludes to the warming relations between the Soviet Union and India, a…

Exhausted Leathernecks of the 1st Marine Division stop for a brief rest during the bitter fighting at the Chosin Reservoir in Korea in December 1950.

The original caption for this photograph reads: A Korean youth, Kim Pak Soon, is taught one of the fundamental lessons of baseball: "Get your glove up, and keep the fingers out of the way." His instructor is S/Sgt. James W. Black, Chicago, Ill.,…

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.,Lunar Module (LM) pilot, walks near the module as a picture is taken of him. Discoloration is visible on his boots and suit from the lunar soil adhering to them. Reflection of the LM and Astronaut Niel A. Armstrong is…

Following Yuri Gagarin’s successful orbit in 1961 and President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious plans for investment in space exploration, the American space program suffered a setback when the unmanned Centaur rocket exploded after takeoff on May 8,…

First witness was Ex-Communist Danny Dare, 48, Hollywood producer, director and writer, who gave a dramatic recital of how Communist propaganda is subtly inserted into Hollywood film and stage play plots. Photo dated: March 23, 1953.

Miss Florence Fowler Lyons displays UNESCO publications and criticizes UNESCO as preaching internationalism and outright atheism in a speech before a meeting of the American Public Relations Forum held at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center. She…

Senator Lodge describes the proposed Open Skies program, which was intended to de-escalate the Cold War and provide more transparency for technological and military developments. The Open Skies program would have allowed reconnaissance operations to…