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Photo Stories, 2nd prize

January 01, 1968

Volunteers enlist to fight for the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, against troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government.

January 01, 1968

Volunteers enlist to fight for the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, against troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government.

January 01, 1968

Volunteer soldiers fighting a civil war for the independence of the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, carry wounded comrades away from the front.

January 01, 1968

Soldiers fighting for the independence of the eastern state of Biafra make noise with pots and pans, to mislead the troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government, giving them the impression that they have more fighters and ammunition than they actually have.

January 01, 1968

A fatally wounded Ibo soldier is carried away by his comrades of the volunteer army, fighting for the independence of their self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, against troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government.

January 01, 1968

A dead Ibo soldier is carried away by his comrades of the volunteer army, fighting for the independence of the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, against troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government.

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Gérard Klijn

1968 Photo Contest, Photo Stories, Stories, 2nd prize
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Gérard Klijn

01 January, 1968

Volunteers enlist to fight for the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, against troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government.

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