US soldiers pose ontop of a captured German railway gun

US soldiers pose ontop of a captured German railway gun

US Soldiers shelter underneath a tank

US Soldiers shelter underneath a tank

US Soldiers advance during operations on Bougainville Island

US Soldiers advance during operations on Bougainville Island

a mob of 10,000 lynch two black men, accused of raping a white woman; 1930

a mob of 10,000 lynch two black men, accused of raping a white woman; 1930

wreckage and debris left behind after the US landing on Iwo Jima

wreckage and debris left behind after the US landing on Iwo Jima

US President John F. Kennedy at a press conference at the beginning of the Vietnam War

US President John F. Kennedy at a press conference at the beginning of the Vietnam War

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the ruins of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake

the ruins of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake

construction of the United States Capitol

construction of the United States Capitol

Black immigrants to the USA queue underneath an immigration advert displaying a wealthy, middle class white family

Black immigrants to the USA queue underneath an immigration advert displaying a wealthy, middle class white family

US Nuclear weapons testing at Bikini Atoll, as part of Operation Crossroads; July 1946

US Nuclear weapons testing at Bikini Atoll, as part of Operation Crossroads; July 1946