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International News Photos All the Ear-Marks of the Real Thing in NATO Exercise

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.38 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Copenhagen, Denmark Type: Photograph Date: 26 September 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated September 26, 1957. Shows two camouflaged soldiers laying down, and another soldier in a camouflaged tank speaking into a radio. The attached press release reports that the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) maneuvers (training) in Denmark consisted of Danish soldiers as defenders. The exercise was ended when the Danish forces broke up the invading British and American forces. The photo is stamped on the back with the date and International News Photos information.

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