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Bombing of Hong Kong by the 14th Air Force.

One of the implications of the Harmon report, that 133 atomic bombs were not enough to break the Soviet Union, may have fed into the pressure for the hydrogen-bomb or “super” that accelerated after the Soviets tested an atomic device in August 1949.

Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and notes on related laws. Included: summaries of pertinent judicial decisions.

The USS Oklahoma is centered in the picture depicted as a dilapidated iron from following the profuse bombing by Japanese warplanes.

Straw hat with a cloth band around the crown. The cloth band is multi-colored with blue and green stripes and the word [FREEDOM] written around it in white letters that have the background colors showing through.

Picture of author and educator Dorothy Bryant

Taken on the front porch of the family homestead in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan B. Anthony, the "Dowager Empress" of the early woman's rights movement, is seated at the center. Around her:
Laura Clay, daughter of famed anti-slavery activist Cassius…

The exterior of the San Francisco office of L'Italia

Many of the baptismal manuscripts make a distinction between solemn baptisms and private baptisms. Solemn (now known as public) baptisms were likely regular baptisms where the Thamien individual willingly accepted the rite. Private baptisms were…