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United Press International [Taipei]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.49 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Taipei Type: Photograph Date: 29 August 1958 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 17.9 x 22.8 cm.

One Wire photograph released by United Press International Photo dated August 29, 1958. Shows a group of Chinese Youth Combat Training Corps carrying flags followed by a group of Combat Girls Band. The imbedded press release states that the latest development, due to bombing by "Chinese reds," included a statement by Nationalist Premier Chen Cheng called on the nation to "prepare for any crisis." The back of the photo is stamped with United Press International Photo information

Cheng, Chen, 1897-1965
1945 to the Present
Patriotism
Communism
Flags
The Fifties

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