The Associated pressU.S. Army nurses in full field dress carrying their equipment crowd the deck of a transport as they prepare to debark at a British port, March 15, 1944.
The Associated pressU.S. Border Patrol officer Richard McCown shows how he found Felipe Ramirez Perez, a 6-foot illegal Mexican immigrant, curled up on the engine beneath the hood of this automobile, at the U.S.-Mexican border at San Diego, Calif., March 15, 1954. Perez is held for illegal entry, awaiting deportation, and Felix Mercado Gutierrez, the driver of the car, is charged with attempt to smuggle Perez into the United States.
The Associated pressA soldier models the "Snooperscope," an apparatus mounted to a helmet that uses infra-red ray technology that allows soldiers to see clearly on even the darkest nights, in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1946. The Snooperscope, along with the "Sniperscope," a gun-mounted device of similar function, brought death to many Japanese soldiers. The devices went into use in the summer of 1944.
The Associated pressMaoris of the northern part of the South Island reverted to traditional costume to welcome Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, on Sunday, March 15, 1970. Ship Cove was Captain Cook's favourite anchorage in New Zealand waters and the Royal occasion saw an enactment of a landing by Cook and an exchange between him and Maoris of the area.
The Associated pressNot only drivers of automobiles had to line up at this service station in San Jose, Calif, March 15, 1974. A man who needed a refill for his lawn mower got the same treatment. The owner of the service station would not sell gas to people showing up with containers.
The Associated pressA general view of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, centre bottom back to camera, addressing the huge crowd in the Heldenplatz in Vienna, Austria, on March 15, 1938, illustrating the depth of the people who stood for hours to welcome Hitler officially to Vienna and Austria.
The Associated pressA young boy carries his brother on his back as his family flees fighting, March 15, 1975 at Pleiku in the central highlands of South Vietnam. Fears of the North Vietnamese onslaught on the city caused South Vietnam to shift its regional command headquarters from Pleiku to the coast Saturday and the U.S. Embassy has evacuated almost all Americans from the area.
The Associated pressThe Indian Armoured Corps. formations of this Corps have fought with distinction in the campaigns in the Middle East, and the Far East, and are now engaged in fighting in Italy. An Indian Armoured Formation somewhere in the Middle East. Indian troops doing P. T. training; rope scaling March 15, 1944.
The Associated pressEmergency Squad 6 of the New York Police rolling out of the station on East 122nd street on March 15, 1938. These officers are detailed almost exclusively to life-saving work, and this company usually is the most active in the city, covering a big portion of upper Manhattan and moving into adjacent districts when necessary.
The Associated pressShown March 15, 1948 is the pocket sized Camera tripod partially extended and can be opened to six feet. The photographic aid is the invention of Wolcott Kinnard of Milwaaukee, Wis..
The Associated pressAmerican Indians demonstrate outside the main gate of Ft. Lawton Army post in Seattle, Washington on March 15, 1970. The Indians, representing many tribes, had been camped on the land for a week and at daybreak invaded the post to stress demands that they be given the land for a university and culture center. A total of 78 were arrested.
The Associated pressDr. Albert Einstein as he reached his 75th birthday shows him in his familiar wool sweater with long wispy hair at his home in Princeton, N.J., on March 15, 1954. Dr. Einstein received greetings from world leaders in varied fields.
The Associated pressSen. John F. Kennedy, center, D-Mass., and his brothers Edward Kennedy, left, a student at the University of Virginia, and Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel to the Senate Rackets Committee, attend the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 1958.
Harold Filan, The Associated PressArdent fisherman Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox appears to have hooked Frances Flajnik, Tempe queen of Anglers World Series, March 15, 1960.
The Associated pressJack Ruby listens to the guilty verdict and his death sentence in the electric chair for the murder of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in a courtroom in Dallas, Texas, on March 15, 1964.
The Associated pressActor Al Pacino and actress Jill Clayburgh attend the world premiere of Pacino's latest motion picture "The Godfather," in which he stars as the mobster Michael Corleone, in New York, on March 14, 1972.
David Longstreath, The Associated PressA McLennan County Sheriffs Deputy stands watch on a lonely stretch of road outside the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas on Monday, March 15, 1993. The standoff between members of the doomsday religious cult and the Federal authorities is in its 16th day.
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U.S. Army nurses in full field dress carrying their equipment crowd the deck of a transport as they prepare to debark at a British port, March 15, 1944.
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