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Bordering On Armed Conflict: a helmeted Dominican soldier, armed with an automatic weapon, faces Haitian soldiers yesterday across ten-foot-wide strip of earth— No Man’s Land— separating the quarreling Caribbean countries. The Organization of American States and the U.N. Security Council called meetings today to discuss the tense situation between the two nations who share the island of Hispaniola 50 miles from Cuba, May 8, 1963
Bordering On Armed Conflict: a helmeted Dominican soldier, armed with an automatic weapon, faces Haitian soldiers yesterday across ten-foot-wide strip of earth— No Man’s Land— separating the quarreling Caribbean countries. The Organization of American States and the U.N. Security Council called meetings today to discuss the tense situation between the two nations who share the island of Hispaniola 50 miles from Cuba, May 8, 1963
Eddie Adams
5/8/1963
California, Land of Palms and Quakes: They come to California for the palm trees and the sun, but they get another product of mother nature, too: earthquakes. Here, four days after Southern California’s latest shake, workmen continue to look for victims at a Veterans Administration Hospital at Sylmar, February 12, 1971
California, Land of Palms and Quakes: They come to California for the palm trees and the sun, but they get another product of mother nature, too: earthquakes. Here, four days after Southern California’s latest shake, workmen continue to look for victims at a Veterans Administration Hospital at Sylmar, February 12, 1971
Eddie Adams
2/12/1971
Continuing To Fortify Their Stand: Sandbag bunkers exemplify the protective situation of U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. Marines have fallen into a life of continually repairing and improving present bunkers, digging deeper and also enlarging overhead cover. Rest of time is spent waiting tensely for possible rocket or artillery barrage from North Vietnamese troops dug into surrounding hills or for friendly strikes near bunkers aimed to hit enemy positions, March 5, 1968
Continuing To Fortify Their Stand: Sandbag bunkers exemplify the protective situation of U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. Marines have fallen into a life of continually repairing and improving present bunkers, digging deeper and also enlarging overhead cover. Rest of time is spent waiting tensely for possible rocket or artillery barrage from North Vietnamese troops dug into surrounding hills or for friendly strikes near bunkers aimed to hit enemy positions, March 5, 1968
Eddie Adams
3/5/1968
Dagger Mountain in Big Bend National Park, Texas, whose slopes are tightly guarded by solid rows of Spanish daggers, sharp and deadly as bayonets. An impregnable fortress against civilization for centuries, this tough, lonesome and forbidding land hides a wild beauty behind its defense. Yucca palm trees stand silhouetted against the sky, June 17, 1969
Dagger Mountain in Big Bend National Park, Texas, whose slopes are tightly guarded by solid rows of Spanish daggers, sharp and deadly as bayonets. An impregnable fortress against civilization for centuries, this tough, lonesome and forbidding land hides a wild beauty behind its defense. Yucca palm trees stand silhouetted against the sky, June 17, 1969
Eddie Adams
6/17/1969
He Has A Stake: Albro Gregory expounds on his favorite subject— Alaska— during a stop for refreshment in Nome. "The point," he says is that "we Alaskans who do live here do have a stake in the land. That’s why we resent all interference from outside," October 29, 1970
He Has A Stake: Albro Gregory expounds on his favorite subject— Alaska— during a stop for refreshment in Nome. "The point," he says is that "we Alaskans who do live here do have a stake in the land. That’s why we resent all interference from outside," October 29, 1970
Eddie Adams
10/29/1970
Joe Rusnak’s home is a covered wagon, furnished with a pallet and a wood burning stove. It shelters him in the hills in the summer and in the lowlands in winter, July 14, 1970
Joe Rusnak’s home is a covered wagon, furnished with a pallet and a wood burning stove. It shelters him in the hills in the summer and in the lowlands in winter, July 14, 1970
Eddie Adams
7/14/1970
Just Waiting: a veteran of fighting both against Israeli forces and Palestinian guerrillas, 20-year-old Emad Ismail relaxes on cot in bunker along the frontier of Jordan;s border with Israel. "I love my king," says the young soldier. "I want to be alongside him in our fight with the Israelis for the return of the West Bank," January 14, 1970
Just Waiting: a veteran of fighting both against Israeli forces and Palestinian guerrillas, 20-year-old Emad Ismail relaxes on cot in bunker along the frontier of Jordan;s border with Israel. "I love my king," says the young soldier. "I want to be alongside him in our fight with the Israelis for the return of the West Bank," January 14, 1970
Eddie Adams
1/14/1970
Mississippi River: "The thing about me and before me made me feel like a boy again-- convinced me that I was a boy again, and that I had simply been dreaming an unusually long dream." Boy on rope swing
Mississippi River: "The thing about me and before me made me feel like a boy again-- convinced me that I was a boy again, and that I had simply been dreaming an unusually long dream." Boy on rope swing
Eddie Adams
1970
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
Eddie Adams
10/20/1971
President for Life: President "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti sits on top steps of Palace in Port au Prince, surrounded by his guards. Occasion was his third anniversary as president for life of the Caribbean negro nation. Duvalier has just emerged from another Haitian crisis and observers see no end soon to his despotic rule, June 1967
President for Life: President "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti sits on top steps of Palace in Port au Prince, surrounded by his guards. Occasion was his third anniversary as president for life of the Caribbean negro nation. Duvalier has just emerged from another Haitian crisis and observers see no end soon to his despotic rule, June 1967
Eddie Adams
6/1/1967
Residents of the home of the Dying Destitutes in Calcutta surrounded Mother Theresa and another nun, October 1979
Residents of the home of the Dying Destitutes in Calcutta surrounded Mother Theresa and another nun, October 1979
Eddie Adams
10/1/1979
The Shepherd: "It’s not as glamorous like a cattleman. Did you ever hear a shepherd brag how many head of sheep he had?" July 14, 1970
The Shepherd: "It’s not as glamorous like a cattleman. Did you ever hear a shepherd brag how many head of sheep he had?" July 14, 1970
Eddie Adams
7/14/1970