EVB2941733: Vietnam War. An unmarked US Air Force helicopter landing in Southeast Asian jungle during operation 'Pony Express.' Pony Express provided covert transport for indigenous soldiers operating across the Laotian and North Vietnamese borders during the Vietnam War. June 1968 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942461: Robert Rossen, movie producer, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1953. Rossen had been a member of the American Communist Party from 1937 to 1947. He was blacklisted in 1951 when he refused to testify to the HUAC. In 1953, at his second HUAC appearance he named 57 people as current or former Communists and was removed from the blacklist. His most notable films were ALL THE KINGS MEN (1949) and THE HUSTLER (1961) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942013: African American men at a Black Muslim demonstration carrying placards with portrait of Patrice Lumumba, Premier of Congo. Lumumba was executed on Jan. 17, 1961. Both the US and Belgian were acting to kill Lumumba, with the Belgians succeeding assisted by Congolese partners / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942052: President Kennedy speaks at 'Bean Feed' on Oct. 6, 1962. Minnesota's 'Democratic-Farmer-Labor party'(DFL) held 'Bean Feed' gatherings across the state where voter could meet politicians. At lower left is future Vice President, the Minnesota Attorney General, Walter Mondale / Bridgeman Images