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EVB2925548: Major Roland E. Alley (center), a 14 year Army veteran, charged misconduct as a Korean War POW. August 22, 1955. His lawyer, Col. William T. Logan, warned that he was being singled out as a scapegoat while the Army was under pressure for being 'soft on Communism' by Joseph McCarthy. Convicted, he served 3.5 years in Leavenworth. In Sept. 1973, as a successful surveyor in Maine, he sought to have his case reviewed / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925581: Czech Capt. Vladimir S. Hurban was in the Russian Empires forces during World War 1. When Czechoslovakia became an independent nation in 1918, the Czechs resisted participating in the Russian Civil War. Considered traitors by the Russians, they marched through Siberia, ultimately leaving from the eastern port of Vladivostok. Vladimir Hurban was the son of the famous Slovak writer and nationalist leader, Svetozar Hurban Vajansky, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924833: Earl Browder, making the keynote address at the Communist Party Convention, Chicago, May 29, 1932. Browder was National Secretary of the CPUSA and would be it's candidate for President in the 1932 National election. William Foster, seated beside him, ran as CPUSA vice presidential candidate / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924869: Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadegh in his suite at New York Hospital, Oct. 12, 1951. The 69 year old leader rested before pleading Iran's case against Britain for refusing to negotiate terms for the legitimate Iranian nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company refineries / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925043: Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano told newsmen he was not a Mafia figure but he was a truck driver. He was outside his luxurious home on the Intercostal waterway in Florida. August 5, 1975. Provenzano, a member of the Genovese crime family, was a VP of a Teamsters Union local in Union City, New Jersey / Bridgeman Images