Marines seated and standing along ridge of hilltop with clouds, smoke and landscapes in background.
n.d.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7893
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Thor, dancing and barking in the snow.
n.d.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7878
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Japanese officer seated at aircraft window and talking on radio, with flight of bombers in sky outside. A Japanese traitor leads a U.S. Marine bombing mission of 36 planes against his own friends and headquarters deep in the jungle on Mindanao
1945, August
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7888
3 of 22
Black Avni Mizrak and Toros. Two thousand [Turkish] cavalrymen disappear into a blizzard, then forever. Ghosts in an ancient mirror. Maneuvers on Russian frontier.
[The World of Allah, p. 139]
1948
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7879
4 of 22
Portrait of over thirty Marines, all wearing fatigues and helmets, posed with their rifles. A company of Marines poses for a group picture with helmets and rifles, Korea
1950
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7889
5 of 22
Untitled (North Korea, Winter), No. 151
1950
Gelatin silver print
28 1/8 × 19 ins (71.44 × 48.26 cm)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the artist, Object number: F71-37/33
LL/81244
6 of 22
Untitled (North Korea, Winter), No. 152
1950
Gelatin silver print
28 1/2 x 19 ins (72.39 x 48.26 cm) (overall)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the artist, Object number: F71-37/34
LL/81241
7 of 22
"Dawn was just over the horizon. A Marine . . . kept prodding with his spoon, trying to break loose a single, frost-coated bean from the others in his can."
1950, December
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7892
8 of 22
Captain Ike Fenton, Commanding Officer of Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, receives reports of dwindling supplies during the battle to secure No-Name Ridge along the Naktong River. Korea
1950, September
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7891
9 of 22
[Veteran Marines] charged right toward the enemy guns without even a downward glance as they sloshed over the body [of an enemy] below. [Korea]
1950, September
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7890
10 of 22
Major General Mohamed Naguib, leader of the coup that overthrew King Farouk, scans the major Egyptian newspapers, as well as those of Paris, London and New York, at dawn. Cairo, Egypt.
1952
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7880
11 of 22
Front Gate of La Californie, Picasso's Home in Cannes, France
1958
Gelatin silver print
18 3/4 x 13 1/16 ins (47.625 x 33.1788 cm) (overall)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, Object number: R58-18/2
LL/81236
12 of 22
Pablo Picasso and Manuel Pallares
1960
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7885
13 of 22
Picasso as an American Indian chief
1960
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7886
14 of 22
L'Arc de Triomphe at sunset
[Prismatics]
1963, June
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7883
15 of 22
Obelisk and fountain: Place de la Concorde
[Prismatics]
1963, June
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7881
16 of 22
Late afternoon strollers: Champs-Elysees
[Prismatics]
1963, May
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7882
17 of 22
Pablo Picasso and one of his paintings
[Prismatics]
1963-1964
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7884
18 of 22
Portrait of the Artist
1966
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 8 3/4 ins (34.29 x 22.225 cm) (overall)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the artist, Object number: F71-37/102
LL/81242
19 of 22
Exhausted U.S. Marine at Con thien, Viet Nam
1967
Gelatin silver print
34.9 x 26.9 cm
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
HRC
LL/6106
20 of 22
Two Marines silhouetted by flames and smoke while fighting fire in a dark field.
1968, February
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7894
21 of 22
H C-B [i.e., Henri Cartier-Bresson]
2000, 25 May
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© David Douglas Duncan, Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7887
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