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DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (24.1 x 15.6 cm)
Accession Number 2024.251
Classificationsphotograph
The Kfar Yona prison, visiting day for families of Palestinian prisoners. Prisoners are entitled to one family visit a month, Israel
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Picketing: Relatives of American prisoners of war and those missing in action in Southeast Asia, picket Tuesday in front of the White House. Later, President Nixon made a surprise visit to a banquet of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and missing in Southeast Asia and told them he was pushing to obtain the prisoners' release, September 29, 1971
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1971
Image Not Available for Fatah prisoners praying towards Mecca, Ramle Prison, Israel
Fatah prisoners praying towards Mecca, Ramle Prison, Israel
1967
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marines Get Ready for POW Release: United States Marines string barbed wire near Freedom Gate bridge in Korea to help channelize an estimated 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners of war if they are released as scheduled at 12:01 a.m. January 12. Officers of the United States Eighth Army said they are prepared for “any eventuality” and can handle a disorganized rush southward by the POWs if it materializes. The Neutral Nations Repatriation commission is trying to achieve agreement with the Communists and the United Nations command on what to do with the prison-weary veterans in the Anti-Red camp, January 8, 1954
1954
Image Not Available for Sharon offers resignation: Defense Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel resigned as a consequence of his indirect role in the killing of Palestinian refugees in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Lebanese Christian phalanges between September 16th to 18th, 1982 as the result of a four months investigation. The 54 year old Defense Minister was the principal architect of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon last year, and had been battling for his political survival since the outcome of the enquiry’s report. The last official function of Ariel Sharon on the day the commission report was published, attending in Tel Aviv a meeting of the “Jabotinsky Order” (a portrait on the wall of Zeev Jabotinsky Zionist Revisionist Movement and Menahem Begin’s spiritual leader), February 8, 1983
Sharon offers resignation: Defense Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel resigned as a consequence of his indirect role in the killing of Palestinian refugees in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Lebanese Christian phalanges between September 16th to 18th, 1982 as the result of a four months investigation. The 54 year old Defense Minister was the principal architect of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon last year, and had been battling for his political survival since the outcome of the enquiry’s report. The last official function of Ariel Sharon on the day the commission report was published, attending in Tel Aviv a meeting of the “Jabotinsky Order” (a portrait on the wall of Zeev Jabotinsky Zionist Revisionist Movement and Menahem Begin’s spiritual leader), February 8, 1983
1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sariwon, Korea: Civilian police guard North Korea Communists captured in the city. The prisoners have their hands tied behind their backs and huddle together for warmth. Just what will become of the prisoners in the event of further withdrawals is not unknown, December 12, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Face Of The Enemy: A Viet Cong soldier, captured during an ambush of government troops near Cheo Reo, looks apprehensively at his captors as he awaits interrogation, July 1st, 1965. The 18-year-old guerrilla was one of two prisoners taken by government troops. Heavy casualties were inflicted by both sides in the fire fight that followed the ambush
1965
Image Not Available for Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Yom Kippur War: Israeli soldiers and Egyptian prisoners of war, under an Egyptian artillery barrage of shells on the "Hatzer", a bridgehead where the Israeli forces were deploying to cross to the west side of the Suez Canal, Sinai, October 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The State visit of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to Israel, visiting with former Prime Minister David Ben Gurion: looking at books in Ben Gurion’s study at Kibbutz Sde Boker
1966
Image Not Available for Tolerance Group in Washington: A committee representing the Chicago Council against racial and religious discrimination, visits Attorney General J. Howard McGrath at Washington, D.C., September 27, to bring to his attention the events revolving about the rioting in Cicero, Illinois last July when a colored family was prevented from moving into an apartment by a mob which was quelled by the Illinois National Guard. The attorney general advised that on the basis of investigation by the FBI, he intended to present these vents before a federal grand jury for further exploration..., September 28, 1951
Tolerance Group in Washington: A committee representing the Chicago Council against racial and religious discrimination, visits Attorney General J. Howard McGrath at Washington, D.C., September 27, to bring to his attention the events revolving about the rioting in Cicero, Illinois last July when a colored family was prevented from moving into an apartment by a mob which was quelled by the Illinois National Guard. The attorney general advised that on the basis of investigation by the FBI, he intended to present these vents before a federal grand jury for further exploration..., September 28, 1951
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Refuse To Talk: Four American prisoners of war (hatless) return to a detention compound in Hanoi after they refused an invitation to be interviewed by members of the Joint Military Commission, March 1973
1973