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Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Portrait From Hell: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

David Kirby on his deathbed, Ohio, 1990. history

The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS

"Three dead Americans on the beach at Buna." history

The Photo That Won World War II: ‘Dead Americans at Buna Beach,’ 1943

Ali, Frazier and the Fight of the Century arts & entertainment

Ali, Frazier and the ‘Fight of the Century’: A Photographer Remembers

LIFE magazine, April 26, 1937. animals

The Rooster vs. the Logo: A Judgment Call to Crow About

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Behind the Picture: RFK’s Assassination, Los Angeles, 1968

Severed head of a Japanese soldier, propped up on a disabled tank, Guadalcanal, 1942. history

Portrait From the Brutal Pacific: ‘Skull on a Tank,’ Guadalcanal, 1942

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945 history

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945

Behind the Picture: Marines Blow Up a Blockhouse, Iwo Jima, 1945 history

Behind the Picture: Marines Blow Up a Blockhouse, Iwo Jima, 1945

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