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Atomic bomb preparations at Tinian Island, 1945

The construction of the atomic bomb, Little Boy, soon to be dropped on Japan

A German woman and a bare-footed young girl from Nammering are forced to walk among the corpses of prisoners exhumed from a mass grave near the town.

On April 19, 1945, a freight train with nearly 4,500 prisoners from Buchenwald pulled onto the railroad siding at Nammering. The train had been…

ARRIVING AT THE FORT ONTARIO REFUGEE SHELTER

Jewish refugees from Europe arrive at the emergency refugee shelter at Fort Ontario, in the United States. A father, holding his daughter, checks his…

ARRIVING IN NEW YORK

A group of German and Austrian Jewish refugee children arrives in New York on board the SS President Harding. New York, United States

Marshall Plan in Germany

Two workmen looking over a chart. Behind them is a large sign which reads "Berlin/Bautauf, ERP, ...Mit Hilfe Des Marshall-Plans."

North Korean prisoners of war

Sinchon, Korea. North Korean prisoners were captured just south of Uijeongbu.

This speech was given by Secretary of State George C. Marshall at Harvard University when he received an honorary degree on June 5, 1947. It describes…

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief…

WWI Poster

This is a poster from WWI encouraging women to plan victory gardens to help the war effort.

White House Audio Tape, President Lyndon B. Johnson discussing the impending coup in Brazil with Undersecretary of State George Ball, March 31, 1964

In this 5:08 minute White House tape obtained from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, President Johnson is recorded speaking on the phone from his…