29,016 items in this album on 1,451 pages.
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| Kim Gu's funeral ceremony, Seoul, Korea, 5 Jul 1949 | A flag previously raised on Iwo Jima, Japan was presented to Major General Graves Erskine for use in the filming of the movie Sands of Iwo Jima, 14 Jul 1949 |
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| The Boat Dock and pier extending into Waimanalo Bay at Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, Jul 29, 1949. The entire structure was removed in the late 1950s. | President Chiang Kaishek of China and President Syngman Rhee of South Korea in Chinae, South Korea, Aug 1949 |
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| USS Segundo off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 8 Aug 1949 | Chiang Ching-kuo and Ma Bufang, Chongqing, China, 28 Aug 1949 |
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| Chen Lifu and his wife Sun Luqing arriving in Taiwan, 1949 | Su Yu with his wife Chu Qing and their sons Su Rongsheng and Su Hansheng, Shanghai, China, Sep 1949 |
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| Crew and midshipmen aboard USS Missouri gathered around the plaque in the deck that marks the spot where the Japanese surrender was signed four years earlier, 2 Sep 1949. | HMS London de-ammunitioning and de-fuelling at Sheerness, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 6 Sep 1949 |
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| USS Becuna underway, Oct 1949 | Émile Bertin at Toulon, France, 5 Oct 1949 |
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| General Vasily Chuikov and Ambassador Vladmir Semyonov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949, photo 1 of 5 | General Vasily Chuikov and Ambassador Vladmir Semyonov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949, photo 2 of 5 |
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| General Vasily Chuikov and Ambassador Vladmir Semyonov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949, photo 3 of 5 | General Vasily Chuikov and Ambassador Vladmir Semyonov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949, photo 4 of 5 |
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| General Vasily Chuikov and Ambassador Vladmir Semyonov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949, photo 5 of 5 | General Vasily Chuikov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949 |
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| Otto Grotewhol, Luitpold Steidle, and Vasily Chuikov at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949 | Vasily Chuikov (partially visible), Vladmir Semyonov, Otto Grotewohl, and Johannes Dieckmann at the founding of East Germany, Berlin, 7 Oct 1949 |
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