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This image shows burns on the legs of a victim of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

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.,…

Leathernecks take time out to inspect captured enemy equipment.

AROOSTOOK LEATHERNECK IN KOREA -- Marine Sergeant Roger W. McCully, 21, straps Captain Ted Williams, former Boston Red Sox slugger, into his jet fighter-bomber at a base of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea. Sgt. McCully, a jet aircraft mechanic,…

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…

This is one in a series of issues of "Newsmap" that were published from 1942 to 1946 by the U.S. Army. This issue covers the week of December 4 to December 11, 1945, but summarizes the significant events of the year 1945 from January to December.…

Poster showing heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis charging with bayoneted rifle.

Pvt Theodore James Miller (12 February 1925 – 24 March 1944) from Minnesota returns to attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 14:00 after two days of combat on Engebi, the first of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces. Most…

How distinct language boundaries discovered by late 20th century linguists (left) have come to define the modern categorizations of smaller tribes (right) that historically have been collectively called the Ohlone People.

Jewish women at forced labor on "Industry Street" in the Plaszow concentration camp. The two women on the far right have been identified as Dora Lewkovitch and her mother Pola Lewkovitch